Overthorpe CofE Academy
Primary · Dewsbury · WF12 0BH
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 May 2024
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188 pupils · 64% of 294 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 47.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 9.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 23.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.1% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 138979
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place18 places offered · 18 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.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
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, academy 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
- 21 May 2024: Good
- 29 January 2019: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Thornhill Junior and Infant School
- Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
- Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
- Ravenshall School
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
- Boothroyd Primary Academy