Thorpe Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dolphin Lane, Thorpe, Wakefield, WF3 3DG – View on map
- Phone: 01135217040
- Headteacher: Mr James Grayston
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 21 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 21 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 36
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.6% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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 Leeds: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 22 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (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 Leeds, 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: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 64% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 73% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 30 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 94th of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =94Rothwell Primary School67%
- =94St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley67%
- =94Thorpe Primary School67%
- =94Westbrook Lane Primary School67%
- #102Alder Tree Primary Academy66%
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153rd of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #151Templenewsam Halton Primary SchoolGood
- #152Thorner Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #153Thorpe Primary SchoolGood
- #154Tranmere Park Primary SchoolGood
- #155Valley View Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,170 (2024-25)
99th of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #97Lowtown Primary School£7,197
- #98St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet£7,180
- #99Thorpe Primary School£7,170
- #100Guiseley Primary School£7,157
- #101Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School£7,144
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