Secondary
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Valley Drive, Dewsbury, WF12 0HE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 902 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- SHARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 91.1
- Pupils per adult
- 10.2
- Pupils
- 929
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 February 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- 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)GCSE results
38%
1 points below the Dewsbury average (39% across 4 schools)
43.6
1.4 above the Dewsbury average (42.2 across 4 schools)
2nd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Dewsbury we can score - 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 |
| Entered the EBacc | 58% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 41% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.31 |
| 22/23 | +0.30 |
| 23/24 | +0.30 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.4 |
| 22/23 | 44.7 |
| 23/24 | 45.5 |
| 24/25 | 43.6 |
Valley Drive, Dewsbury, WF12 0HE
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 31 October, 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
- Matthew Burton
- Address
- Valley Drive, Dewsbury, WF12 0HE
- Telephone
- 01924342890