Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy
Primary schoolBatley Parish CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Kirklees, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 201 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), February 2022, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 February 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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, 68% of pupils at Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Kirklees and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kirklees | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 105 | 105 |
- 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.
- 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- St Mary's Catholic Primary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Cambridge Street SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file420 m
- Reach AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, February 2023460 m
- Upper Batley High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional)470 m
- Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Engage AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Good, February 2023500 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).