Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.83 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy is a secondary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share 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 | 3.83 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 3.83 miles away, the 8th longest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 164 first-choice applications for 172 offers; 161 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 38% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest 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
- Valley Drive, Dewsbury, WF12 0HE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 902 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have an ambitious vision for education at Thornhill Community Academy.”
- “A simple message, ‘Work hard, be nice’, permeates throughout the school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for pupils’ achievement and behaviour.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, pupils make the wrong choices about their behaviour.”
- “However, some work remains to be done to ensure that this is exceptional.”
- “However, older pupils read less widely and less often.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.6 | 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: 164 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 161 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.
- Manor Croft Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westborough High School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Hall Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mirfield Free Grammar 3.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Batley High School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published