Carlton Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Carlton Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Carlton Junior and Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 73 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, so 44 first-choice families (60%) were not offered a place.
- That is 2.4 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, the highest of 123 Kirklees primary schools.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.35 miles away, the 6th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Upper Road, Batley Carr, Dewsbury, WF13 2DQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils do exceptionally well here.”
- “The school has extremely high expectations of pupils’ academic achievement and behaviour.”
- “Pupils rise to meet these expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 0% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 73 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Warwick Road Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hyrstmount Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Purlwell Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mill Lane Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Eastborough Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manorfield Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published