Upperthong Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
41.89 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Upperthong 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, from the inspection on 23 February 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Upperthong 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 | 41.89 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 41.89 miles from the school, the 2nd longest of the 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2019, and was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% 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
- Burnlee Road, Upperthong Junior & Infant School, Holmfirth, HD9 2LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at Upperthong Junior and Infant School.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are kind and respectful.”
- “Leaders have provided a broad and interesting curriculum for all pupils.”
To improve
- “The curriculum is not as strong in all subjects.”
- “For example, in art and design, it is not clear exactly what pupils should learn in each year group.”
- “As a result, pupils have gaps in”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 2023 (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) | 71% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Netherthong Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New Mill Infant School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- New Mill Junior School 1.8 mi Outstanding
- Holme Junior and Infant School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published