Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Mirfield, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.95 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School is a primary school in Mirfield, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 November 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Battyeford CofE (VC) 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 | 5.95 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.95 miles from the school, the 7th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years.
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Nab Lane, Mirfield, WF14 9QH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Battyeford Primary School.”
- “There is a strong sense of community.”
- “Staff have high expectations of pupils’ attitudes and behaviour.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, such as art, curriculum planning is not detailed enough.”
- “The small steps pupils need to take in their learning are not consistently clear.”
- “This makes it difficult to assess gaps in pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (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) | 77% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 51 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.
- Old Bank Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hopton Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Roberttown CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hartshead Junior and Infant School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good