Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.19 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery 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 | 4.19 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 4.19 miles away, 14th longest of the 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most of all from 2023 to 2024, and the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and 2019.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of 5 schools: this one and 4 of the 8 nearest Kirklees primaries that have results.
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
- Jaggar Lane, Honley, Holmfirth, HD9 6BT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 373 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school works hard to extend this ethos into the local community.”
- “Parents and carers value the community spirit and caring nature of the school.”
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school each day.”
To improve
- “In a minority of curriculum subjects, the selection of some teaching approaches does not enable pupils to learn specific knowledge as well as they do in others.”
- “On occasions, reading support is not sufficiently focused to narrow gaps in reading quickly enough for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 47% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 45 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.
- Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Netherton Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Netherthong Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Berry Brow Infant and Nursery Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Farnley Tyas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Newsome Junior Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published