Upper Batley High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.48 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Upper Batley High School is a secondary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Upper Batley 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 | 1.48 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
- In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.48 miles away, the 7th shortest of 23 Kirklees secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.16 miles).
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years.
- Year 7 2026 had 134 first-choice applications for 144 offers; 121 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.1 (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
- Blenheim Drive, Batley Field Hill, Batley, WF17 0BJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 784 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Upper Batley High School benefit greatly from an education that supports their academic and wider personal development.”
- “They are proud to attend the school.”
- “Parents greatly appreciate the school’s work to support the all-round development of their children.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, curriculums do not take full account of what pupils already know.”
- “Pupils are retaught things that they already know and can do.”
- “This limits the time that pupils spend learning more complex skills and knowledge as they move through school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 2024 (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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.1 | 46 |
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: 134 first-preference applications, 144 offers in total, 121 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.
- Batley Girls' High School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Grammar School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westborough High School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Croft Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Spen Valley High School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- BBG Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle Hall Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published