School admissions in Mirfield
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Mirfield in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Mirfield first 209 times for 217 places: 0.96 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Kirklees authority's 126 schools. 2 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School, to 0.91 miles.
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
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School | 1.24 | 59 | 1465.53 m (≈0.91 mi) |
| Old Bank Academy | 1.13 | 15 | not published |
| Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School | 0.89 | 57 | 1849.74 m (≈1.15 mi) |
| Hopton Primary School | 0.89 | 28 | 1267.44 m (≈0.79 mi) |
| Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School | 0.74 | 58 | 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.