Thorpe Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Wakefield, Leeds
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leeds City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thorpe Primary School is a primary school in Wakefield, Leeds for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Leeds has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Thorpe Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 10 of the 12 earlier years with a published outcome.
- 150 of the 219 other Leeds primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- Reception in 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 21 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 2 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leeds schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dolphin Lane, Thorpe, Wakefield, WF3 3DG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leeds
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Thorpe Primary school is a friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well.”
- “Pupils talk about their school with pride.”
To improve
- “However, children in the early years do not benefit from the same carefully considered curriculum.”
- “The important skills, knowledge and personal qualities that children need to learn and develop have not been mapped out with sufficient clarity.”
- “However, there is a lack of consistency in how teachers check pupils’ understanding of what they are taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 67% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 19 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 19 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leeds.
- East Ardsley Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Robin Hood Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elements Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sharp Lane Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clapgate Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published