Primary
Thornhill Junior and Infant School
Edge Lane, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0QT
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 353 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Trust
- FOCUS ACADEMY TRUST (UK) LTD
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 32.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 352
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
55%
2 points above the Dewsbury average (53% across 12 schools)
104.0
0.5 below the Dewsbury average (104.5 across 11 schools)
6th of 12 by our score, among the primary schools in Dewsbury we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 55% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 41% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
Edge Lane, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0QT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kirklees admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jennifer Rylance
- Address
- Edge Lane, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0QT
- Telephone
- 01924453259
Other primary schools nearby
- Overthorpe CofE Academy5.6/10
- Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery SchoolNot enough data
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School6.1/10
- Pentland Infant and Nursery SchoolNot enough data
- Middlestown Primary Academy7.8/10
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery SchoolNot enough data