Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Dewsbury · WF12 9DL
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 21 September 2023
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284 pupils · 75% of 380 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 62.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 17.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.1% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- http://thornhill-lees.com
- URN
- 107705
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place65 places offered · 61 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 20 September 2023: School remains Good
- 23 May 2018: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School
- Ravenshall School
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
- Overthorpe CofE Academy
- Boothroyd Primary Academy
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy
- Thornhill Junior and Infant School