New Mill Infant School
Primary · Holmfirth · HD9 1LS
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 6 February 2024
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88 pupils · 50% of 176 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 6.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.1% of pupils
- URN
- 147517
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place31 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
60% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 20% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 6 February 2024: Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- New Mill Junior School
- Holmfirth High School
- Netherthong Primary School
- Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School
- Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School
- Upperthong Junior and Infant School