Hyrstmount Junior School
Highcliffe Road, Batley, WF17 7NS
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Hyrstmount Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Leach
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 270
- URN
- 107682
- Local authority
- Kirklees
About this school
Hyrstmount Junior School was a community primary school in Batley. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 270 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hyrstmount Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 72 | 70 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 51% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 11% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 65% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 71% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 69% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hyrstmount Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kirklees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 280 |
| 2023/24 | 259 |
| 2024/25 | 270 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hyrstmount Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 6.5% | 25.6% | 270 | — |
| Hyrstmount Junior School | — | — | — | 257 | 0.0 miles |
| Warwick Road Primary School | 83% | 3.5% | 19.3% | 362 | 0.2 miles |
| Purlwell Infant and Nursery School | — | — | — | 230 | 0.2 miles |
| Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School | 77% | 5.6% | 8.5% | 238 | 0.3 miles |
| Carlton Junior and Infant School | 0% | 5.5% | 20.8% | 223 | 0.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.56%
- English as an additional language
- 86.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.46%
- Persistent absence
- 19.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hyrstmount Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Batley
-
Warwick Road Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Batley
-
Purlwell Infant and Nursery School0.2 miles
Primary · Batley
-
Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Batley
-
Carlton Junior and Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Dewsbury
Other schools in Batley
- Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Birstall Primary Academy Primary
- Carlinghow Academy Primary
- Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Fieldhead Primary Academy Primary
- Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primary
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Hyrstmount Junior School Primary
- Lydgate Junior and Infant School Primary
- Manorfield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Mill Lane Primary School Primary
- Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hyrstmount Junior School teach?
- Hyrstmount Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Batley.
- Has Hyrstmount Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hyrstmount Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hyrstmount Junior School?
- Hyrstmount Junior School had 270 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Hyrstmount Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hyrstmount Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hyrstmount Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.