Batley Grammar School
All-through schoolBatley Grammar School is a all-through school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 3 to 16. It had 980 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 77% of pupils at Batley Grammar School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Batley Grammar School was 43.5, against 46.0 in Kirklees and 46.2 in England.
43.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43.7% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66.9% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 151 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Becker SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file370 m
- Upper Batley High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional)420 m
- St Mary's Catholic Primary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- Carlinghow AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Batley Parish CofE Primary AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2022, before the school changed. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Reach AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, February 2023720 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Kirklees
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).