Diamond Wood Community Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–7 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.16 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Diamond Wood Community Academy is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 3–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Diamond Wood Community 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 | 1.16 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.16 miles away, 44th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, most from 2019 to 2020; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2019.
- For Reception 2026 there were 89 first-choice applications for 89 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 23.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 36% 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
- North Road, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, WF13 3AD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 339 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “Staff have created an environment of calm and consistency for pupils in this school.”
- “Pupils are safe, eager to learn and enthusiastic about their education.”
- “Pupils are proud of their work and their achievements in the curriculum.”
To improve
- “In some parts of the curriculum, pupils who need help with reading are asked to write words that are too difficult for them.”
- “This can hinder their achievement.”
- “However, some of the school’s systems for checking which pupils need more urgent support with attendance are not as robust as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 89 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 89 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.
- Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Boothroyd Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Westmoor Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John’s CE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Old Bank Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published