Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School
Stocks Lane, Batley, WF17 8PA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip Sunter
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Batley and Spen
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 275
- Pupils on roll
- 198
- URN
- 107736
- Local authority
- Kirklees
About this school
Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School was a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Batley. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 198 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - |
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 Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery 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 | 60% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.1% | 30.8% | 198 | — |
| Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy | 68% | 6.6% | 28.5% | 201 | 0.0 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy | 60% | 7.5% | 40.8% | 258 | 0.2 miles |
| Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School | 70% | 7.1% | 37.3% | 196 | 0.3 miles |
| Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School | 77% | 5.6% | 8.5% | 238 | 0.5 miles |
| Carlinghow Academy | 64% | 8.7% | 44.8% | 304 | 0.6 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.8%
- English as an additional language
- 25.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.1%
- Persistent absence
- 22.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Batley
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Batley
-
Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Batley
-
Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Batley
-
Carlinghow Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Batley
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 Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School teach?
- Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Batley.
- Has Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery 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 Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School?
- Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School had 198 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery 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 60% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Batley Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior Infant and Nursery 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 31 December 2023.