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Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–10 · Voluntary controlled
Marsh Hall Lane, Thurstonland, Huddersfield HD4 6XD · thurstonlandfirst.org.uk · 01484 666480
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 57
- 79% of 72 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 1.8%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 9 families put the school first and 10 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School on 25 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 32
- 52% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied