Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–7 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.36 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Thornhill Lees 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 21 September 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Thornhill Lees 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 | 1.36 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 for 2026 lived 1.36 miles from the school, the 56th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2019, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 61 first-choice applications for 65 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 15.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees is 29.4%.
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
- Slaithwaite Road, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury, WF12 9DL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 284 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 September 2023
Strengths
- “The school provides a friendly and welcoming environment.”
- “It is a place where pupils are happy and they enjoy learning.”
- “The staff demonstrate a strong commitment to the pupils, the school and the wider school community.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, there is more work to do to identify the important knowledge that pupils need to know securely to be ready for the next stage of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 65 offers in total, 61 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.
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Overthorpe CofE Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Boothroyd Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Thornhill Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Earlsheaton Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published