Carlinghow Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.37 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Carlinghow Academy is a primary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Carlinghow 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 | 2.37 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 2026 the Reception last distance offered was 2.37 miles, the 41st longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.65 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2019, after sharp swings, the biggest from 2022 to 2023.
- Reception 2026 saw 30 first-choice applications for 31 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Ealand Road, Carlinghow, Batley, WF17 8HT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 304 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “All staff have high expectations of pupils at Carlinghow Academy.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe.”
- “They work purposefully in lessons and achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not always precisely identified what pupils need to know and remember.”
- “The assessment system does not accurately match what pupils need to learn.”
- “They now need to build on this with further specificity around vocabulary.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2022 (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) | 64% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 31 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 Mary's Catholic Primary Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Smithies Moor 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Windmill CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birstall Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manorfield Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good