Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 3–7 (community school). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Leeds Road, Shaw Cross, Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School, Dewsbury, WF12 7HP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 223 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School are well supported in their first stages of school.”
- “They demonstrate the school's vision for behaviour of 'working together, valuing and nurturing children'.”
- “Pupils develop their skills of turn-taking, sharing and listening to others well.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do not attend school as well as they could.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged pupils miss larger chunks of their learning.”
- “This means they cannot benefit as well as they should from the school's offer.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2019 to 2026, as Kirklees published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Lydgate Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mill Lane Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Warwick Road Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastborough Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published