Mill Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.08 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Mill Lane Primary School is a primary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Mill Lane Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.08 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.08 miles away, the 37th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 20 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 31% of pupils, against a middle figure of 18.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mill Lane, Batley, WF17 6EG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 158 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Mill Lane Primary School is a welcoming and nurturing school which fully lives out its ethos of ‘learning through hard work, friendship and fun’.”
- “Pupils are very happy at the school and love to attend.”
- “They know that there are many trusted adults who take care of them and this helps them to feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, this is less well developed in the early years’ wider curriculum.”
- “Leaders recognise that there is further work needed to develop this.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Warwick Road Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hyrstmount Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Carlton Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Purlwell Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published