Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy

Dick Lane, Bradford, BD3 7AU

495 pupils · 79% of 630 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Academy converter
Ages
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Trust
STAR ACADEMIES
Local authority
Bradford
Free school meals
31.7%

Ofsted

Good (2022)Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 14 September 2022, published 13 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths79%
Reaching the higher standard18%

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry60589260
Sept 2025 entry54538553
Sept 2024 entry59599259
Sept 2023 entry59539058
Sept 2022 entry59589059
Sept 2021 entry606810660
Sept 2020 entry57558456
Sept 2019 entry766810571

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.