Batley Girls' High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
24.35 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Batley Girls' High School is a secondary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Batley Girls' High 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 24.35 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 24.35 miles from the school, the longest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 178 first-choice applications for 212 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place; 34 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), while the Attainment 8 score was 46.9 (England 46).
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
- Windmill Lane, Batley, WF17 0LD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 1,415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “This warm, welcoming school is wholeheartedly focused on its pupils.”
- “Pupils settle in quickly when they arrive.”
- “They understand that staff care for them and want them to succeed.”
To improve
- “However, there is some variability in how well the curriculum is adapted at times for pupils with SEND.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not always receive the precise support they need to access learning as effectively as possible.”
- “However, further work is needed in this area to ensure sustained improvement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 178 first-preference applications, 212 offers in total, 178 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Upper Batley High School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- BBG Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westborough High School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Croft Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published