Lydgate Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.49 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Lydgate Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Lydgate Junior and Infant 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 | 1.49 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.49 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and 2019; the figure has swung sharply, most from 2022 to 2023.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 43 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Even so, that 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest Kirklees primary schools that have results.
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
- Lydgate Road, Soothill, Batley, WF17 6EY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 297 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and learning with their friends.”
- “They are polite, respectful and friendly to each other and to adults.”
- “Pupils play well together at breaktimes in the very extensive playground.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ understanding in some of these subjects is not checked carefully enough.”
- “As a result, gaps in knowledge are not clearly identified.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils’ understanding is not as deep as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 68% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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.
- Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mill Lane Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Warwick Road Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hyrstmount Junior School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade