Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.35 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 13 December 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 1.35 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 1.35 miles away, the 55th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 2nd highest.
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
- Brockholes Lane, Brockholes, Holmfirth, HD9 7EB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 13 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to ‘Be bold, go for Gold’ in this friendly and inclusive school.”
- “As a result, they are in school every day.”
- “The school is ambitious for pupils to achieve highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 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) | 77% | 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: 26 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.
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherthong Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- New Mill Infant School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- New Mill Junior School 1.3 mi Outstanding
- Netherton Infant and Nursery School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published