Old Bank Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Mirfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.56 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Old Bank Academy is a primary school in Mirfield, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Old Bank Academy 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 | 0.56 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 0.56 miles away, the 10th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of this school and the 6 of the 8 nearest Kirklees primaries that have results.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 13 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 53.5% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees is 13.9%.
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
- Taylor Hall Lane, Mirfield, WF14 0HW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 114 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “This is a nurturing and inclusive school, which pupils are proud to attend.”
- “The school has addressed its areas requiring development effectively.”
- “The impact of this work on the hearts and minds of the school community is transformational.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ preparation for their next steps in education are beginning to be addressed by the school’s ambitious curriculum.”
- “Some foundation subjects are at an earlier stage of implementation.”
- “This means that pupils are not able to connect their new knowledge with previous learning consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 May 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: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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.
- Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Roberttown CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hopton Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Diamond Wood Community Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good