St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.58 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
St Patrick's Catholic 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 7 November 2023. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Patrick's Catholic 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 | 0.58 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.58 miles away, the 11th shortest of the 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 35 places are published for Reception 2027.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Nova Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9LQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 234 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Staff encourage pupils to be ‘the best version of themselves’.”
- “This helps pupils remember not to leave anyone out when socialising at breaktimes.”
- “The pupil ‘smile squad’ helps any pupil who needs friendship.”
To improve
- “In a few foundation curriculum subjects, the curriculum designs do not always match the standard of the PE curriculum overview.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 2024 (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) | 71% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Fieldhead Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Birstall Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gomersal Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windmill CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Smithies Moor 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Carlinghow Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published