# New Mill Junior School

New 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.

Primary school. Code E147799. [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 7 to 11
- Pupils: 132
- Council: Kirklees
- URN: 147799

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [New Mill Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-mill-infant-school-e147517): 300 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024
- [Holmfirth High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holmfirth-high-school-e107769): 880 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), June 2023. Attainment 8 of 56.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/scholes-holmfirth-junior-and-infant-school-e150306): 1.6 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2022, before the school changed. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holmfirth-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107655): 1.9 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Thurstonland Endowed Voluntary Controlled First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thurstonland-endowed-voluntary-controlled-first-school-e107717): 2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147799)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147799)

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