Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–7 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.54 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 2–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery 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 | 1.54 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.54 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and in 2019; the distance swung sharply between some years.
- Of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, this was the 61st shortest; their middle figure was 1.65 miles.
- Reception 2026 saw 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 16.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 28.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees.
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
- Warren Street, Savile Town, Dewsbury, WF12 9LY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 98 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “The school is a caring and happy place, where pupils feel safe, enjoy their learning and make good progress.”
- “Staff and pupils treat each other with respect.”
- “The school’s Christian values are woven through the heart of everyday life.”
To improve
- “Leaders are not as far ahead with this work as they would have liked.”
- “However, some teachers are still refining their teaching of phonics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastborough Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Boothroyd Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Earlsheaton Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John’s CE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published