Fieldhead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.07 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Fieldhead Primary Academy is a primary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Fieldhead 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 | 3.07 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
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child living 3.07 miles away, 27th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 56.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees.
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
- Charlotte Close, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9BX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and nurturing school.”
- “Everyone in the school lives out the school’s vision of ‘a great school at the heart of the community’.”
- “Pupils say adults listen to them and support them if they have worries.”
To improve
- “The school is aware that some subjects are not as developed as others.”
- “In the plans of the less well-developed subjects, the essential learning that pupils need to remember is not as clear as it needs to be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 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) | 70% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 25 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 Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Birstall Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windmill CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gomersal Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Smithies Moor 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Carlinghow Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published