St John’s CE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.34 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John’s CE Primary School is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St John’s 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 | 0.34 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
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child living 0.34 miles away, 5th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle was 1.65 miles.
- The Reception 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- At 21.7% of pupils, the free school meals figure is below the middle figure of 31.3% 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
- Boothroyd Lane, St John's C E Primary School, Boothroyd Lane, Dewsbury, WF13 2LP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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.
- Westmoor Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boothroyd Primary Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Eastborough Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Diamond Wood Community Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published