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Ravenshall School
Community special school · Dewsbury · WF12 9EE
Ages 5–19 · 212 pupils · Kirklees
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Overall absence
8.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-01-13
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.1%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 6.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 176
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill106%
212 pupils · 200 places
- Pupils on roll
- 212
- Boys / girls
- 150 / 62
- School capacity
- 200
- Capacity fill
- 212 / 200 (106%)
- Free school meals
- 57.8%
- FSM pupils
- 104
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 5–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Mr Rik Robinson
Location
- Address
- Ravensthorpe Road, Thornhill Lees
- Postcode
- WF12 9EE
- Town
- Dewsbury
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 5–19, in Dewsbury, Kirklees, 212 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 57.8%. SEN provision includes: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Dewsbury · WF12 9DL · Kirklees
Ages 2–7
- Absence9.5%
- FSM20.3%
0.6 miles away
Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Dewsbury · WF12 9PD · Kirklees
Ages 7–11
- KS258%
- Absence7.1%
- FSM29.4%
0.7 miles away
Boothroyd Primary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Dewsbury · WF13 3QE · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
- KS242%
- Absence7.1%
- FSM43.4%
0.8 miles away
St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Dewsbury · WF13 3QE · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM29.6%
0.8 miles away
Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Dewsbury · WF13 3AS · Kirklees
Ages 7–11
- KS281%
- Absence7.7%
- FSM51.4%
0.9 miles away
Diamond Wood Community Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Dewsbury · WF13 3AD · Kirklees
Ages 3–7
- Absence8.1%
- FSM27.1%
0.9 miles away
Overthorpe CofE Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Dewsbury · WF12 0BH · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
- KS249%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM47.9%
0.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Rik Robinson
- Telephone
- 01924456811