Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–10 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.95 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–10 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First 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 | 2.95 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.95 miles, 28th longest of the 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.65 miles.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2021 to 2022.
- Reception 2026 drew 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Of its 57 pupils in January 2026, 1.8% were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10% 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
- Marsh Hall Lane, Thurstonland, Huddersfield, HD4 6XD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 57 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Thurstonland is an inclusive school at the heart of the community.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ achievement and behaviour.”
- “Pupils strive to meet these and this is very much reflected in their work and positive attitudes to learning.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, these checks are not acted upon, resulting in some pupils having gaps in their knowledge.”
- “However, some pupils find it difficult to talk about fundamental British values and struggle with the correct terminology.”
- “Some pupils do not know how these values are relevant to their lives in school and beyond.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 9 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.
- Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- New Mill Junior School 1.2 mi Outstanding
- New Mill Infant School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Netherthong Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Shepley First School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Shelley First School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published