Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Dewsbury, Kirklees·WF12 9DL

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

61 first choices, 65 places

First choices per place

0.94

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 65 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9020220.9720230.9920240.9820250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 291
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

23.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

62.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

17.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

9.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

33.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,354

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Dewsbury · 0.2 mi 44.6 Overthorpe CofE Academy Dewsbury · 0.8 mi 38.0 Boothroyd Primary Academy Dewsbury · 0.9 mi 26.6 St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy Dewsbury · 0.9 mi 20.8 Thornhill Junior and Infant School Dewsbury · 1.0 mi 35.8 Eastborough Academy Dewsbury · 1.3 mi 48.9 Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Dewsbury · 1.4 mi 64.1 Westmoor Primary School Dewsbury · 1.5 mi 49.1

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School

Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 291 pupils aged 2 to 7 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 65 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 9.5%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.