Ravenshall School

State-Funded School

ravenshall-school-kirklees-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

KirkleesLocal Authority

Dewsbury and BatleyConstituency

WF12 9EEPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ravenshall School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, located in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 212 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

36%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

212

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

57%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 212
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 21 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Mar 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.