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State primary · 4 to 11 · Mixed · Church of England · 387 pupils

St Thomas CE Primary School

Sherwood Avenue, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 1RQ · Kirklees
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Ofsted: Requires improvement · November 2023(106/107)Fewer first choices than places (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 14,735th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(106/107)Rank among 107 Kirklees primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
Inspection
Requires improvement, November 2023
Getting in
Not full for Reception 2026
Results
16% expected standard; 0% higher standard
Size
387 pupils; 38 places a year; classes of 28
Faith
Church of England
Run by
Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
4 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 16%, against 60% in Kirklees.
  • Higher standard: 0%, against 6% in Kirklees.
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
  • A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
Could your child get in?We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →

At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outKirklees and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.

Against Kirklees and England
This schoolKirkleesEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
16%
Worse than Kirklees
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
0%
Worse than Kirklees
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
27.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
46%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
20.4
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
Less sought after than Kirklees
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 8 November 2023
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • Requires improvement
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 16% (England 62%) (county 60%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 0% (England 8%) (county 6%)

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard16%62%60%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard0%8%6%2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(106/107)
Kirklees league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Classes average 27.6 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 20.4 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 83 m
  • 14 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.1 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.2 (1 km square, background level)
  • Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size27.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher20.4November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus83

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20250
20245
20233
20222
20214

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO212.12024
PM1011.32024
PM257.22024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals46%2025/26
First language other than English30%2025/26
SEN support14%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.4%2025/26
Girls50%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, November 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2023.

DateKindOutcome
8 November 2023Graded inspectionRequires improvement

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools
DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • A Church of England school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith.
  • 34 families put it first for 38 places; every one of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2026 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202638346134

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined June 2025
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 June 2025

  • Learning Accord Multi Academy Trust, with 19 schools
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 June 2025
  • Replaced St Thomas CE (VC) Primary School (URN 136109)
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Sunnydays Preschool0.2 miles
Bradley House0.9 miles
Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care1.0 miles
Chestnut Nursery1.1 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Huddersfield and the Kirklees league table.

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