Thornhill Junior and Infant School
Primary schoolThornhill Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 353 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 December 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 55% of pupils at Thornhill Junior and Infant School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Thornhill Community Academy, A Share AcademySecondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.1 (2025/26, provisional)400 m
- Overthorpe CofE AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 20231.6 km
- Paradise Primary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.9 km
- Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
- Rida Boys High SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Kirklees
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).