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New Mill Infant School

Academy sponsor led in Holmfirth, HD9 1LS, taking ages 4 to 7, 88 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Mar 2024
10.62 mi Admitted from, 2024/25
50% Full

Will an address get in?

In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 10.62 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 10.62 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.

New Mill Infant School: 10.62 miles, 2024/25 Netherthong Primary School: 0.79 miles, 2024/25, published by Kirklees

This is not a catchment area. 10.62 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When New Mill Infant School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2024/25, from Kirklees. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Kirklees, published admission distances, 2024/25

Where New Mill Infant School and Netherthong Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Netherthong Primary School admitted from 0.79 miles in 2024/25, published by Kirklees. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is HD9 at £295,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom New Mill Infant SchoolFrom Netherthong Primary SchoolMedian sold price
HD9 Kirklees 1.3 mi 0.4 mi £295,000 63 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Kirklees, 103 of 288 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (35.8%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to New Mill Infant School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

The distance as a picture

New Mill Infant School catchment area map: the 10.62 mile admission distance, 2024/25 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 88 pupils in 176 places (50% full)
TrustLEARNING ACCORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Local authorityKirklees

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 14 March 2024

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to New Mill Infant School

Girls and boys50.0% girls, 50.0% boys
English as an additional language1.1% of pupils
Free school meals21.6% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of New Mill Infant School

Cheapest district inside the 10.62 miles: HX5, median £108,000. Dearest: HD8, £318,500.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
HX5 Calderdale 7.9 mi £108,000 82 sales
HD4 Kirklees 3.5 mi £172,500 97 sales
HD5 Kirklees 4.8 mi £178,999 132 sales
HD2 Kirklees 6.3 mi £190,000 145 sales
HX4 Calderdale 8.3 mi £205,000 84 sales
HD7 Kirklees 5.6 mi £209,000 101 sales
HD1 Kirklees 4.8 mi £210,000 21 sales
HD3 Kirklees 5.9 mi £225,000 137 sales
WF14 Kirklees 7.6 mi £240,000 85 sales
S36 Barnsley 7.9 mi £275,000 11 sales
HD9 Kirklees 1.3 mi £295,000 63 sales
HD8 Kirklees 4.1 mi £318,500 8 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 10.62 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to New Mill Infant School by bus

Best-served stop: Bromley Avenue, 105 yd away, with 3.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:52, last 23:32.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Kirkroyds Lane Royds Ave94 yd0.60.00.0H2, H7
Kirkroyds Lane Royds Ave98 yd0.50.00.0H1
Bromley Avenue105 yd3.21.21.4314, 316, X1, 310, X7

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing New Mill Infant School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around HD9: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at HD9 1LS, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for New Mill Infant School?

New Mill Infant School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 10.62 miles away, per Kirklees.

How close do I need to live to get a place at New Mill Infant School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 10.62 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near New Mill Infant School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Kirklees school's distance

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Admission distance published by Kirklees. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.