Thornhill Junior and Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.45 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Thornhill Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Thornhill Junior and Infant 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 | 3.45 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 3.45 miles from the school, the 21st longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- That Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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 Lane, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0QT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 353 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “At Thornhill Junior and Infant School, pupils are happy and grow in confidence.”
- “They show curiosity in their learning.”
- “Pupils build their self-esteem in a safe and positive atmosphere.”
To improve
- “However, what current pupils know and can do is not reflected in the historic outcomes for key stage 2.”
- “In some subjects, there is variability in lessons.”
- “As a result, some tasks are not always purposeful and do not deepen pupils’ subject knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2025 (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) | 55% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 43 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.
- Overthorpe CofE Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Earlsheaton Infant School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Boothroyd Primary Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published