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Batley Grammar School

URN
137487
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Batley Grammar School
URN
137487
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

64 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

63

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

47

Destinations

65

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of all-through schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#1 of 1 school in Kirklees

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Batley Grammar School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
12 January 2025
Inspection date
26 November 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

133

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

516

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

133

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.88×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Kirklees
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Kirklees)
School website
http://www.batleygrammar.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Kirklees to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

80.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

83.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

90.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

77.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

WF17 0AD - Carlinghow Hill, Batley, West Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Carlinghow Hill, Batley, West Yorkshire
Postcode
WF17 0AD
Phone
1924474980
Website
http://www.batleygrammar.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Kirklees
Local authority code
382

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 388 schools in Kirklees.

Authority statistics

Total schools

388

Open schools

202

Closed schools

186

Primary schools

259

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 12 January 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 January 202526 November 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 12 January 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      12 January 2025
      Inspected
      26 November 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    25.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 99

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    45.5

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    43.0%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    66.5%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    15.8%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    8.2%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    90.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    3.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    1.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    49

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary259 (68.0%)
    • Secondary49 (12.9%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other73 (19.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Batley Grammar School0 mNot applicableClosed
    Becker School370 mNot applicableOpen
    Upper Batley High School418 mSecondaryClosed
    Upper Batley High School418 mSecondaryOpen
    Dale House School427 mNot applicableClosed
    St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Batley593 mPrimaryClosed
    St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy593 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's RC Junior School593 mPrimaryClosed
    St Mary's RC Infant and Nursery School593 mPrimaryClosed
    Carlinghow Princess Royal Junior Infant and Nursery School627 mPrimaryClosed
    • Batley Grammar School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Becker School
      Distance
      370 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Upper Batley High School
      Distance
      418 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Upper Batley High School
      Distance
      418 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (Kirklees)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Almondbury Community SchoolAll-throughHD5 8PQClosed
    Royds Hall Community SchoolAll-throughHD3 4HAClosed
    • Almondbury Community School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      HD5 8PQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Royds Hall Community School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      HD3 4HA
      Status
      Closed
    Dale House School
    Distance
    427 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Batley
    Distance
    593 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
    Distance
    593 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary's RC Junior School
    Distance
    593 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Mary's RC Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    593 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Carlinghow Princess Royal Junior Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    627 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed