Holmfirth High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.32 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holmfirth High School is a secondary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Holmfirth High 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 8.32 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 8.32 miles away, the 3rd longest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.16 miles.
- The 2026 Year 7 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.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kirklees.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 256 first-choice applications for 261 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Heys Road, Thongsbridge, Holmfirth, HD9 7SE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,328 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils significantly benefit from both the academic and wider opportunities available to them at Holmfirth High School.”
- “Pupils overwhelmingly meet adults’ high ambitions for them.”
- “Pupils’ detailed knowledge of the curriculum prepares them well for when they leave school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 August 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 75% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 58.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 256 first-preference applications, 261 offers in total, 256 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Honley High School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newsome Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- King James's School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moor End Academy 3.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Colne Valley High School 4.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Shelley College, A Share Academy 4.4 mi Not judged
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Netherhall Learning Campus High School 5.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published