Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy
General Information
- Address: Dick Lane, Thornbury, Bradford, BD3 7AU – View on map
- Phone: 01274665812
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Chris Young
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 58 families put it first for 60 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 144
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.7%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 52% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.8% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% 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: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 42 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 79% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 18% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 78% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 85% · Maths 82% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 67 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 17th of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =17Farfield Primary and Nursery School79%
- =17Lees Primary School79%
- =17Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy79%
- =22Dixons Marchbank Primary77%
- =22Eastburn Primary School77%
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108th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #106The Academy At St. JamesGood
- #107The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #108Thornbury Primary Leadership AcademyGood
- #109Thornton Primary SchoolGood
- #110Thorpe PrimaryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,078 (2024-25)
134th of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #132Lees Primary School£6,103
- #133Margaret McMillan Primary School£6,101
- #134Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy£6,078
- #135Wycliffe CofE Primary School£6,075
- #136Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School£6,061
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