Thackley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Town Lane, Thackley, Bradford, BD10 8PJ – View on map
- Phone: 01274414437
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Annette Patterson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 86 families put it first for 60 places – 14 for every 10 places. 70% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 15 · 2025 14 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 43
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.5%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bradford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 17 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Bradford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 28 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 20 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 82% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 82%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 87% · Maths 95% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 109
- Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 12th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =12Marshfield Primary80%
- =12St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy80%
- =12Thackley Primary School80%
- =17Brackenhill Primary School79%
- =17Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School79%
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105th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #103Stocks Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #104Swain House Primary SchoolGood
- #105Thackley Primary SchoolGood
- #106The Academy At St. JamesGood
- #107The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,954 (2024-25)
140th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #138St John's CofE Primary School£6,047
- #139Lift Feversham£5,956
- #140Thackley Primary School£5,954
- #141Sandal Primary School£5,918
- #142Oakworth Primary School£5,879
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