Manor Croft Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.20 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Manor Croft Academy is a secondary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Manor Croft 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.20 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 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 child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.20 miles away, 4th shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.16 miles).
- In 2026, Year 7 had 225 first-choice applications for 203 offers, with 195 offers going to first-choice families and 30 first-choice families not offered a place.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, though it swung sharply between some years.
- 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Old Bank Road, Dewsbury, WF12 7DW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,032 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff know that every pupil has only one chance at education.”
- “Staff are united in their commitment that every pupil will succeed.”
- “Pupils are supported at every turn in this inclusive school.”
To improve
- “However, these sessions are not sufficiently effective in helping all pupils to quickly become more proficient readers.”
- “This is because staff leading these sessions are not fully trained to implement the chosen scheme effectively.”
- “However, a few pupils continue to disrupt the learning of others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 225 first-preference applications, 203 offers in total, 195 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westborough High School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Upper Batley High School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Batley Girls' High School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Hall Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published