Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School
General Information
- Address: Park Road, Batley, WF17 5LP – View on map
- Phone: 01924326728
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Julie Hampson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 21 families put it first for 23 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 69
- % eligible for free school meals: 35.2%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Kirklees average)
- English as an additional language: 60% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.7% a year (Kirklees 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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
Across Kirklees: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 13 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary 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: 7.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Severe learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Kirklees average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 61% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 23 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 26th of 98 junior and primary schools in the area
- =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%
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54th of 85 primary schools in Kirklees for Ofsted rating
- #52Overthorpe CofE AcademyGood
- #53Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolGood
- #54Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolGood
- #55Roberttown CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #56Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,088 (2024-25)
21st of 106 primary schools in Kirklees for spending per pupil
- #19Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School£8,467
- #20Christ Church CE Academy£8,378
- #21Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School£8,088
- #22Nields Academy£8,060
- #23Fieldhead Primary Academy£7,989
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