School admissions in Holmfirth
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
13 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherthong Primary School | 1.27 | 30 | 937.98 m (≈0.58 mi) |
| Holme Junior and Infant School | 1.17 | 6 | 5597.51 m (≈3.48 mi) |
| Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School | 1.00 | 5 | 1760.56 m (≈1.09 mi) |
| Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School | 1.00 | 49 | 1200.38 m (≈0.75 mi) |
| Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School | 0.98 | 46 | not published |
| Upperthong Junior and Infant School | 0.96 | 28 | 1647.49 m (≈1.02 mi) |
| Meltham Moor Primary School | 0.96 | 23 | not published |
| Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School | 0.95 | 20 | not published |
| New Mill Infant School | 0.94 | 31 | not published |
| Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School | 0.93 | 15 | not published |
| Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School | 0.93 | 28 | 2168.67 m (≈1.35 mi) |
| Helme Church of England Academy | 0.88 | 16 | not published |
| Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School | 0.78 | 9 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.