Thornton Primary School

State-Funded School

thornton-primary-school-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford WestConstituency

BD13 3NNPostcode

2.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Thornton Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 449 pupils. Thornton Primary School is part of Focus Academy Trust (UK) Ltd.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 49%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

449

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 449
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Focus Academy Trust (UK) Ltd

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 25 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Feb 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.