Best Primary Schools in Dewsbury

We checked all 21 primary schools in Dewsbury, Kirklees, and list every one: 11 ranked, then 10 without a rank.

Schools checked
21
Ranked
11
Without a rank
10

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Dewsbury. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Dewsbury also has 7 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Kirklees. Kirklees also has rankings for Huddersfield, Batley, Holmfirth, Mirfield and all of Kirklees.

Ranked primary schools in Dewsbury

  1. 1

    Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 401 pupils, inspected February 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    12%

  2. 2

    Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 384 pupils, inspected December 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    6%

  3. 3

    Westmoor Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 394 pupils, inspected January 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    7%

  4. 4

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy, 212 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    3%

  5. 5

    Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 544 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    2%

  6. 6

    Overthorpe CofE Academy

    Academy, 188 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    3%

  7. 7

    Thornhill Junior and Infant School

    Academy, 353 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    0%

  8. 8

    Eastborough Academy

    Academy, 214 pupils, inspected September 2021

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    4%

  9. 9

    Orchard Primary Academy

    Academy, 363 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    2%

  10. 10

    Boothroyd Primary Academy

    Academy, 557 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    41%
    Higher standard
    0%

  11. 11

    St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy, 363 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    32%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Dewsbury without a rank