Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Batley, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.42 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Batley, Kirklees for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Batley Parish CofE 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 | 2.42 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 last child offered a Reception place lived 2.42 miles away, the 40th longest of 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2019, after sharp swings, the biggest between 2024 and 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% 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
- Stocks Lane, Batley, WF17 8PA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 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: 25 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 Mary's Catholic Primary Academy 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Carlinghow Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Purlwell Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hyrstmount Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Manorfield Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published