Meltham Moor Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.74 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meltham Moor Primary School is a primary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy converter). 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.
Meltham Moor 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 | 8.74 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 2024/25, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 8.74 miles away, the 3rd longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 saw 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 28.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees.
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
- Birmingham Lane, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5LH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming and supportive school.”
- “They feel part of the ‘Meltham Moor family.”
- “There are warm relationships between staff and pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils are not given sufficient opportunities to link what they are being taught to previous learning.”
- “However, in some lessons, staff do not check frequently if all pupils understand in full their new learning, or if pupils need support with their learning.”
- “This means that some pupils, including some with SEND, become too reliant on adult support to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 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) | 90% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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.
- Helme Church of England Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nields Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Linthwaite Clough Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School 2.4 mi School remains Good
- Wellhouse Junior and Infant School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published