Batley Grammar School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 3–16 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.98 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Batley Grammar School is an all-through school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 3–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Batley Grammar 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 | 2.98 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 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.98 miles from the school, and that was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Reception had 32 first-choice applications for 27 offers: 26 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 31% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, and the school has 19.8 pupils per teacher.
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
- Carlinghow Hill, Batley, WF17 0AD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 980 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
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Batley Grammar School is a calm and welcoming environment.”
- “Its values of ‘respect, community, resilience’ are understood and shared across the school.”
- “This is apparent from the polite way the youngest children speak to each other, to the pride of older pupils in being part of the combined cadet force.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the curriculum does not precisely identify the specific knowledge pupils need to learn.”
- “Leaders also recognise they should strengthen the sharing of good practice across primary and secondary phases so there is more precision and purpose in how the curriculum builds from the early years to key stage 4.”
- “Sometimes, in early years, the design of play-based activities does not support the intention of the curriculum, for example in developing precise subject-specific vocabulary.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (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% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 133 first-preference applications, 137 offers in total, 112 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Kirklees.
- Becker School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Reach Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Engage Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Cambridge Street School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Fairfield School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Brian Jackson College 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Branch Christian School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ethos College 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding