Overthorpe CofE Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.63 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Overthorpe CofE Academy is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Overthorpe CofE Academy 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 | 0.63 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
- In 2026, the last Reception child offered a place lived 0.63 miles away, the 18th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance was nearer in 2026 than in 2025 and 2019; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Edge Top Road, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0BH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Overthorpe Church of England Academy is a welcoming and caring school.”
- “Pupils feel safe and are safe.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are warm and nurturing.”
To improve
- “However, changes in some subjects, such as science, are in the early stages of implementation.”
- “However, this is not the case in all subjects.”
- “In the foundation subjects, the school has not developed an effective system for checking what pupils know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 2024 (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) | 53% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Thornhill Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boothroyd Primary Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 1.8 mi School remains Good