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Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Dick Lane, Thornbury, Bradford BD3 7AU · thornburyprimary.com · 01274 665812
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 495
- 79% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- First language not English
- 52.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Star Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% the higher standard. Across Bradford it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 142854)
Ofsted
Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107222), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107222)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 36
- 7% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied