Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.65 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.65 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 3.65 miles, further than in 2025 and 17th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 7 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Waterside Lane, Holmbridge, Holmfirth, HD9 2PF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 51 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils here are happy and safe.”
- “Older pupils support younger pupils through a buddy system.”
- “This helps the school to feel like a family, where everyone supports each other.”
To improve
- “Over time, leaders have not ensured that pupils achieve well.”
- “In some subjects, the school is not clear about what pupils should learn and remember.”
- “However, the curriculum pupils experience does not help them to develop the depth of knowledge they should across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 65% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 7 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 7 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Upperthong Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holme Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Netherthong Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- New Mill Infant School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- New Mill Junior School 2.5 mi Outstanding