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. 11 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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.
Holmfirth in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 13 schools in Holmfirth first 302 times for 306 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Kirklees authority's 126 schools. 2 of the 13 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 3 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.58 miles (Netherthong Primary School) to 3.48 miles (Holme Junior and Infant School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
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.