Hopton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Mirfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.29 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hopton Primary School is a primary school in Mirfield, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hopton Primary 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 | 3.29 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.29 miles away, the 23rd longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.65 miles).
- The Reception last distance was further from the school in 2026 than in 2025 and 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, 25 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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
- Woodend Road, Mirfield, WF14 8PR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 306 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2022
Strengths
- “At Hopton Primary School, pupils live by ‘golden principles’ of respect, honesty and effort.”
- “The school's curriculum helps them learn to respect each other.”
- “The focus on respect is supported by involvement in a local community approach that aims to combat anti-social behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, their attainment is significantly below that of their non-disadvantaged counterparts within school.”
- “They also recognise that all pupils who are more able could achieve even better outcomes than they do currently.”
- “However, gaps in pupils' knowledge and skills in writing do not currently close quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2026 (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) | 73% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 25 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.
- Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Bank Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Kirkheaton Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Diamond Wood Community Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Roberttown CofE Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published