Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy is a primary school in Bradford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2022. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy 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 | Not published |
| 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 6 earlier years.
- For Reception 2026, 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 10 of the 92 applications (11%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Bradford, and 4 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bradford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dick Lane, Thornbury, Bradford, BD3 7AU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 495 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 September 2022
Strengths
- “Everyone can be a leader at this school.”
- “Pupils are taught to value themselves.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, a minority of teachers do not routinely check if pupils have any gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils are moved on to new learning too quickly.”
- “However, teachers do not consistently receive detailed and precise information about some of the pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who do not have an EHC plan.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2022 (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) | 79% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Bradford.
- Dixons Marchbank Primary 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Meadow Bank Community School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lapage Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Killinghall Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Feversham 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Penny Oaks 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Byron Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published