St Thomas CE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Huddersfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.07 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas CE Primary School is a primary school in Huddersfield, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas CE Primary 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 | 2.07 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
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 2.07 miles, the 51st longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.65 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2019; it has swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2019 to 2020.
- Reception 2026 saw 34 first-choice applications for 38 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 46.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.6% 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
- Sherwood Avenue, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 1RQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 387 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 34 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.
- Christ Church CE Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashbrow School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kirkheaton Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Fixby Junior and Infant School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hartshead Junior and Infant School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published