Dixons Marchbank Primary
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bradford · BD3 8QQ · Bradford
Ages 3–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM25.6%
- Demand1.44
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 145936
Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy
Academy converter · Bradford · BD3 7AU
Ages 3–11 · 495 pupils · Bradford
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
78%
Overall absence
6.2%
Admissions demand
1.02 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)78%
Higher standard (RWM)12%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.1%
Unauthorised2.9%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 412
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.02 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
59
Places offered
59
1st-preference offers
55
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 92
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 59
- Applications from outside LA
- 9
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 5
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill79%
495 pupils · 630 places
- Pupils on roll
- 495
- Boys / girls
- 246 / 249
- School capacity
- 630
- Capacity fill
- 495 / 630 (79%)
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- FSM pupils
- 144
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
- Academy trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
- Sponsor
- Star Academies
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Young
Location
- Address
- Dick Lane, Thornbury
- Postcode
- BD3 7AU
- Town
- Bradford
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Bradford
- District
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bradford, Bradford, 495 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 31.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Co-op Academy Beckfield
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bradford · BD4 8ER · Leeds
Ages 3–11
- KS257%
- Absence9.3%
- FSM48.0%
- Demand1.10
0.6 miles away
Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Leeds · LS28 8EP · Leeds
Ages 3–11
- KS259%
- Absence7.7%
- FSM25.4%
- Demand1.03
0.6 miles away
Meadow Bank Community School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bradford · BD4 8DX · Bradford
Ages 3–11
- Absence9.9%
- FSM58.3%
0.6 miles away
Lapage Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Bradford · BD3 8QX · Bradford
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM40.2%
- Demand0.83
0.7 miles away
Killinghall Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Primary
Bradford · BD3 7JF · Bradford
Ages 2–11
- KS263%
- Absence7.3%
- FSM27.6%
- Demand0.84
0.7 miles away
Lift Feversham
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bradford · BD3 9EG · Bradford
Ages 3–11
- KS282%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM33.0%
- Demand1.14
0.8 miles away
Co-op Academy Penny Oaks
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Bradford · BD3 9ND · Bradford
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM38.7%
- Demand0.90
0.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Young
- Telephone
- 01274665812