Thornhill Community Academy

Thornhill Community Academy is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school with academy status situated just outside Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, on the western side of Kirklees (Huddersfield) and near the M1 and the M62 motorways. It serves both the urban and rural areas of Dewsbury and draws from the villages of Thornhill, Thornhill Lees and Savile Town. In September 2025, the school had a total of 910 pupils enrolled, despite only having capacity for 900 students. The school attracted national attention in 2013 after being featured on the British television documentary Educating Yorkshire which won Most Popular Documentary Series at the National Television Awards. Educating... returned to Thornhill Community Academy through the 2024-25 academic year to film for the seventh series, airing between August and October 2025.