Academy sponsor led · Kirklees

Overthorpe CofE Academy

3–11Ages
188Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
138979URN

Edge Top Road, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0BH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

close to Kirklees median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kirklees

46 applications for 18 places · 40th of 107 in Kirklees

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

53%met the expected standard

Kirklees 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.6applications per place, Reception

close to Kirklees median (2.4) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

46 applications · 18 places offered · 18 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.6; Kirklees median median 2.4
2025 2.5; Kirklees median median 2.3
2024 2.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
2023 2.7; Kirklees median median 2.4
2022 3.0; Kirklees median median 2.5
2021 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.5
2020 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.5
2019 2.3; Kirklees median median 2.4
2018 2.2; Kirklees median median 2.4
2017 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.2
2016 1.5; Kirklees median median 2.1
2015 1.6; Kirklees median median 2.1
2014 1.8; Kirklees median median 1.9

This school
Kirklees median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	18	46	2.6	18	1.00
Sep 2025	24	61	2.5	23	0.96
Sep 2024	17	46	2.7	17	1.00
Sep 2023	23	63	2.7	23	1.00
Sep 2022	24	71	3.0	24	1.00
Sep 2021	30	65	2.2	29	0.97
Sep 2020	39	68	1.7	38	0.97
Sep 2019	33	75	2.3	31	0.94
Sep 2018	27	58	2.2	27	1.00
Sep 2017	31	51	1.7	28	0.90
Sep 2016	45	69	1.5	44	0.98
Sep 2015	36	58	1.6	36	1.00
Sep 2014	33	58	1.8	33	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 57% · Writing 77% · Maths 87% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%72nd of 97 in Kirklees

Kirklees 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard57%

Kirklees 76% England 78%

Higher standard27%

Kirklees 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Kirklees 74% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Kirklees 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Kirklees 77% England 77%

Higher standard23%

Kirklees 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kirklees median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	53%	3%	103	106
2023/24	52%	3%	104	103
2022/23	49%	5%	102	102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Overthorpe CofE AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

2.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Thornhill Junior and Infant School
0.8 km · Kirklees

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.3applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
1.3 km · Kirklees

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place
Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
1.6 km · Kirklees

Remains Good2024

65%met the SATs standard
Pentland Infant and Nursery School
1.9 km · Kirklees

Good2023

2.6applications per place
Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
2.3 km · Kirklees

Remains Good2022

2.4applications per place
Boothroyd Primary Academy
2.6 km · Kirklees

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy
2.6 km · Kirklees

2026

2.0applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
Middlestown Primary Academy
2.9 km · Wakefield

2025

1.6applications per place 86%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138979 · 382/2012
Trust: Enhance Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 294 pupils · 188 on roll
Free school meals: 47.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 March 2013
Replaced: Overthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School (URN 107708)
Address: Edge Top Road, Thornhill, Dewsbury, WF12 0BH
Local authority: Kirklees

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources