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Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Wadman Road, Scholes, Holmfirth HD9 1SZ · scholesji.org.uk · 01484 682190
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kirklees 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 153
- 69% of 222 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 22.2%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 20 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Kirklees it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107661)
Ofsted
Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 15 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 15 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107661)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107661), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107661)
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107661)
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107661)
Jan 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107661)