Warwick Road Primary School
General Information
- Address: Warwick Road, Batley, WF17 6BS – View on map
- Phone: 01924455593
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Shamsa Qureshi
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 47 families put it first for 47 places – 10 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 7 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 67
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.1%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Kirklees average)
- English as an additional language: 30% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.3% a year (Kirklees 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 5.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 83% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 33% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 22 percentage points above the Kirklees average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 73% against an expected 71%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 88% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 110
- Based on: 48 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 3rd of 98 junior and primary schools in the area
- #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%
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69th of 85 primary schools in Kirklees for Ofsted rating
- #67St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years SchoolGood
- #68Upperthong Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #69Warwick Road Primary SchoolGood
- #70Westmoor Primary SchoolGood
- #71Whitechapel Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,996 (2024-25)
90th of 106 primary schools in Kirklees for spending per pupil
- #88Heckmondwike Primary Academy£6,007
- #89Lydgate Junior and Infant School£6,005
- #90Warwick Road Primary School£5,996
- #91Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School£5,940
- #92Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School£5,837
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