Primary schools in Dewsbury
19 primary schools in Dewsbury, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Dewsbury in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Dewsbury first 702 times for 681 places: 1.03 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Kirklees authority's 126 schools. 3 of the 16 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.35 miles (Carlton Junior and Infant School) to 0.77 miles (Pentland Infant and Nursery School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Boothroyd Primary Academy
- Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Earlsheaton Infant School
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Orchard Primary Academy
- Overthorpe CofE Academy
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School
- Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
- St John’s CE Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
- Thornhill Junior and Infant School
- Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
- Westmoor Primary School
- Diamond Wood Community Academy
- Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School
- Eastborough Academy
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy
- Carlton Junior and Infant School
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