Batley Grammar School

Kirklees · WF17 0AD

General information All-through School · 3-16 years Who goes here 980 pupils, 31% FSM

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Batley Grammar School

General Information

Address: Carlinghow Hill, Batley, WF17 0AD – View on map
Phone: 01924474980
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Amy Wilby
Age range: 3-16 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 133 families put it first for 137 places – 10 for every 10 places. 84% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 137 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 12 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 32 families put it first for 27 places – 12 for every 10 places. 81% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 12
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

980 pupils out of 950 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 304
% eligible for free school meals: 31.0%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Kirklees average)
English as an additional language: 42% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 13.2% a year (Kirklees 16.9%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 41% moved to another school, 59% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Kirklees: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 35 (1.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
Suspensions for bullying: 30 (1.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 37 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Kirklees, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 8.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 23.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 39 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 21 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 7 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 45.5
Compared with the area: 1.7 points below the Kirklees average (47.2)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (−4.7 points against an expected 50.2)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 67% (Kirklees 67%, England 65%) Improving
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolKirklees averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 1.7 points below the Kirklees average (47.2).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

14th of 25 all-through schools in Kirklees for Attainment 8

#12Royds Hall, A Share Academy46.8
#13Moor End Academy45.9
#14Batley Grammar School45.5
#15All Saints Catholic College44.9
#16Newsome Academy44.1

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Heckmondwike Grammar School80.2
#2Holmfirth High School58.6
#3Shelley College, A Share Academy51.3
#4Salendine Nook High School50.9
#5Honley High School50.6
#6King James's School48.5
#7Manor Croft Academy47.8
#8The Mirfield Free Grammar47.8
#9Batley Girls' High School46.9
#10Castle Hall Academy46.9
#11BBG Academy46.8
#12Royds Hall, A Share Academy46.8
#13Moor End Academy45.9
#14Batley Grammar School45.5
#15All Saints Catholic College44.9
#16Newsome Academy44.1
#17Upper Batley High School44.1
#18Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy43.6
#19Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy42.7
#20Westborough High School42.6
#21Colne Valley High School42.4
#22Netherhall Learning Campus High School41.0
#23North Huddersfield Trust School35.7
#24Spen Valley High School35.7
#25St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy34.8

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 93.0%
Went into further education: 90.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Language
Maths (General)
English Literature
Science Double Award
Business Studies
Geography
History
Religious Studies
Chemistry (General)
Physics (General)
Biology
Computer Science
Art & Design
Food Technology
Spanish
Speech & Drama
French Language
Music Studies (General)

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Kirklees average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 65%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 83% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 108
Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolKirklees averageEngland↗ Improving Up 12 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 16 percentage points above the Kirklees average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 8th of 98 junior and primary schools in the area

=6Heckmondwike Primary Academy78%
=6Lepton CofE Primary Academy78%
=8Batley Grammar School77%
=8Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School77%
=8Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School77%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Meltham Moor Primary School90%
#2Netherthong Primary School84%
=3St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School83%
=3Warwick Road Primary School83%
#5Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School81%
=6Heckmondwike Primary Academy78%
=6Lepton CofE Primary Academy78%
=8Batley Grammar School77%
=8Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School77%
=8Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School77%
=8Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School77%
=8Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School77%
=8Helme Church of England Academy77%
=8Nields Academy77%
=8Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School77%
#16Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School75%
=17Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School73%
=17Hopton Primary School73%
=17Marsden Junior School73%
=17Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School73%
=21Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School72%
=21Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School72%
=23East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School71%
=23St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy71%
=23Upperthong Junior and Infant School71%
=26Fieldhead Primary Academy70%
=26Mill Lane Primary School70%
=26Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School70%
=29Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School69%
=29Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School69%
=29Whitechapel Church of England Primary School69%
=32Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy68%
=32Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School68%
=32Eastborough Academy68%
=32Lydgate Junior and Infant School68%
=32Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School68%
=32St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy68%
#38Hillside Primary School67%
=39Beaumont Primary Academy66%
=39Co-op Academy Smithies Moor66%
=39Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy66%
=42Birstall Primary Academy65%
=42Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School65%
=42Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School65%
=42Lindley Junior School65%
=42Mount Pleasant Primary School65%
=47Carlinghow Academy64%
=47Clough Head Junior and Infant School64%
=47Gomersal Primary School64%
=47Hartshead Junior and Infant School64%
=51Birkby Junior School63%
=51Hill View Academy63%
=51Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy63%
=51Westmoor Primary School63%
#55Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy62%
=56Lowerhouses CofE Primary School61%
=56St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy61%
#58St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy60%
=59Howard Park Community School59%
=59Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School59%
=59Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School59%
=59St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy59%
=63Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School58%
=63St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School58%
=63Wilberlee Junior and Infant School58%
#66Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School57%
=67All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School56%
=67Brambles Primary Academy56%
=69Moldgreen Community Primary School55%
=69Thornhill Junior and Infant School55%
=71Ashbrow School54%
=71Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School54%
=73Newsome Junior Academy53%
=73Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy53%
=73Overthorpe CofE Academy53%
=76Dalton School52%
=76Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School52%
=76Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School52%
#79South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School51%
#80Scholes Village Primary School50%
=81New Mill Junior School49%
=81Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School49%
#83Christ Church CE Academy48%
=84Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School47%
=84Kirkheaton Primary School47%
=84Old Bank Academy47%
=87Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School43%
=87Orchard Primary Academy43%
=87Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy43%
#90Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School42%
=91Boothroyd Primary Academy41%
=91Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy41%
=91Oak CofE Primary School41%
#94Wellhouse Junior and Infant School36%
#95St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy32%
#96High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School30%
#97Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School25%
#98Carlton Junior and Infant School0%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,871 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

23rd of 27 all-through schools in Kirklees for spending per pupil

#21Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy£7,075
#22Heckmondwike Grammar School£6,911
#23Batley Grammar School£6,871
#24BBG Academy£6,407
#25Scissett Middle School£5,939

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1North Huddersfield Trust School£10,010
#2Netherhall Learning Campus High School£9,782
#3Newsome Academy£9,719
#4Moor End Academy£9,467
#5Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy£8,933
#6Westborough High School£8,898
#7Royds Hall, A Share Academy£8,636
#8Spen Valley High School£8,234
#9Holmfirth High School£8,036
#10Upper Batley High School£7,910
#11All Saints Catholic College£7,908
#12Salendine Nook High School£7,901
#13The Mirfield Free Grammar£7,777
#14Shelley College, A Share Academy£7,707
#15Honley High School£7,666
#16King James's School£7,665
#17Colne Valley High School£7,645
#18Castle Hall Academy£7,514
#19Manor Croft Academy£7,261
#20Batley Girls' High School£7,139
#21Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy£7,075
#22Heckmondwike Grammar School£6,911
#23Batley Grammar School£6,871
#24BBG Academy£6,407
#25Scissett Middle School£5,939
#26Kirkburton Middle School£5,757
#27St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy£5,031

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Kirklees: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered