Birstall Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.23 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Birstall Primary Academy is a primary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Birstall Primary Academy 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 | 3.23 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 3.23 miles away, the 26th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and was the longest of the 8 years, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception entry in 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Chapel Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9EE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 187 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 November 2023
Strengths
- “They are proud to belong to the school community.”
- “Pupils value the learning experiences that they receive.”
- “They are eager to showcase their knowledge and skills.”
To improve
- “In some lessons, teachers do not check quickly enough how well all pupils are learning.”
- “As a result, some pupils make errors and have some misunderstandings that go unchecked.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 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) | 65% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Windmill CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fieldhead Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Smithies Moor 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Carlinghow Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published