Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy

Valley Drive, Dewsbury, WF12 0HE

902 pupils · 100% of 900 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Trust
SHARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority
Kirklees
Free school meals
34.1%

Ofsted

Good (2023)Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 22 February 2023, published 26 April 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score43.6
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)38.1%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)61.9%
Entering the English Baccalaureate57.7%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry172164232172
Sept 2025 entry174147206167
Sept 2024 entry187179256187
Sept 2023 entry203180245198
Sept 2022 entry190150221164
Sept 2021 entry180156220168
Sept 2020 entry193151239177
Sept 2019 entry191155238174

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.