New Mill Infant School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–7 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.35 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
New Mill Infant School is a primary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 4–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
New Mill 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 | 5.35 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 5.35 miles away, 8th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Kirklees middle figure for Reception 2026 was 1.65 miles; this school's 2026 distance was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2019.
- For Reception 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 21.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10% 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
- Kirkroyds Lane, New Mill, Holmfirth, HD9 1LS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s vision, ‘Building a Brighter Future Together’, underpins the high aspirations and expectations for all pupils.”
- “Pupils and staff are proud to be part of the New Mill team.”
- “Pupils thrive at this happy and inclusive school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 29 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.
- New Mill Junior School 0.2 mi Outstanding
- Netherthong Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Upperthong Junior and Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hepworth Junior and Infant School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published