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Thorner Church of England Primary School

Primary · Leeds · LS14 3JD

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 2 November 2022

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At a glance

182 pupils · 87% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://thorner.schooljotter2.com/
URN
146003

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 2.479 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 19 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2006 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 2 November 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.479 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
85%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school85%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Leeds average64.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Wainstalls SchoolHalifax · 22 miles awayNo current grade91%
Barwick-in-Elmet CofE Primary School and NurseryLeeds · 2 miles awayGood64%
Barnabas Oley CofE Primary SchoolSandy · 127 miles awayOutstanding (2018)77%
Gaddesby Primary SchoolLeicester · 82 miles awayGood69%
Bramham Primary SchoolWetherby · 3 miles awayGood72%
Cropredy Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 121 miles awayRequires improvement91%
Great Barton Church of England Primary AcademyBury St Edmunds · 143 miles awayGood67%
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolStowmarket · 156 miles awayGood45%
Steeple Bumpstead Primary SchoolHaverhill · 148 miles awayGood71%
Coit Primary SchoolSheffield · 28 miles awayGood64%
St Mary's CofE Primary School, NorthchurchBerkhamsted · 148 miles awayGood53%
Aspull Church Primary SchoolWigan · 52 miles awayExpected standard77%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Leeds 57%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Leeds 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Leeds 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leeds 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leeds 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.11 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leeds: 2.05 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 19.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,324; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,950
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£159,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76%62.3%
Social housing12.3%17.1%
Privately rented11.5%20.5%
Detached houses36.8%22.9%
Flats15.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011310 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£375,00051 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£265,000–£533,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£530,000
Semi-detached (16)£318,500
Terraced (14)£334,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.99 km, 2018 entry): 521 sales, median £345,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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