Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Holmfirth, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.00 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School is a primary school in Holmfirth, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & 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 | 1.00 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, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026's last distance offered, 1.00 miles, was nearer than in 2025 and 2019 and the 34th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 22.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.5% 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
- Wadman Road, Scholes, Holmfirth, HD9 1SZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 153 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 19 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.
- Hepworth Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Mill Junior School 1.0 mi Outstanding
- New Mill Infant School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Upperthong Junior and Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Netherthong Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School 2.1 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published