New Mill Junior School
Primary schoolNew Mill Junior School is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 132 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 49% of pupils at New Mill Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- New Mill Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024300 m
- Holmfirth High SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), June 2023. Attainment 8 of 56.2 (2025/26, provisional)880 m
- Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2022, before the school changed. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
- Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Kirklees
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).