Manorfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–7 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.10 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Manorfield Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 2–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Manorfield Infant and Nursery 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.10 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
- Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child living 1.10 miles away, the 39th shortest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, most of all between 2024 and 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- 13.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.6% 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
- Manor Way, Batley, WF17 7DQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at Manorfield.”
- “Pupils know to share any worries or concerns with a trusted adult.”
- “They enjoy their lessons and the weekly enrichment activities like Bollywood dancing.”
To improve
- “However, in a few foundation subjects, the important knowledge that pupils need to learn is not clearly identified.”
- “This means that some teachers are not always clear about what pupils need to learn.”
- “However, this is not yet reflected in the published outcomes from the Year 1 phonics screening check.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 42 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.
- Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Purlwell Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heckmondwike Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hyrstmount Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Carlton Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published