Batley Grammar School
Carlinghow Hill, Batley, WF17 0AD
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BATLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mr John Hughes
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Batley Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 950
- Pupils on roll
- 980
- URN
- 137487
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01924474980
About this school
Batley Grammar School is an all-through academy in Batley. It teaches children aged 3 to 16 and has 980 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 55% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 61% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 84% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 77% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| 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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 156 | 157 | 158 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.8 | 45.1 | 45.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.23 -0.45 to 0.00 | -0.22 -0.44 to 0.00 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 45.2% | 43% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 73.2% | 66.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 24% | 32.5% | 15.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Batley Grammar 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 | 65% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Kirklees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.8 | 40.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.1 | 41 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.5 | 42.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,008 |
| 2023/24 | 1,006 |
| 2024/25 | 998 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Batley Grammar School compares
Batley Grammar School ranked 14th of 25 secondary schools in Kirklees for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.5 | 8.4% | 29.5% | 980 | — |
| Bradford Academy | 33.1 | 13.6% | 54.9% | 1,549 | 5.4 miles |
| Appleton Academy | 35.1 | 9.1% | 52.2% | 1,207 | 5.5 miles |
| Dixons Trinity Chapeltown | 46.6 | 8.4% | 46.3% | 960 | 7.6 miles |
| Temple Learning Academy | 33.7 | 12.9% | 55% | 918 | 8.2 miles |
| Carr Manor Community School | 48.8 | 8.1% | 28.6% | 1,541 | 8.6 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.46%
- English as an additional language
- 47.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.41%
- Persistent absence
- 23.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bradford Academy5.4 miles
All-through · Bradford
-
Appleton Academy5.5 miles
All-through · Bradford
-
Dixons Trinity Chapeltown7.6 miles
All-through · Leeds
-
Temple Learning Academy8.2 miles
All-through · Leeds
-
Carr Manor Community School8.6 miles
All-through · Leeds
Other schools in Batley
Batley Grammar School ranks 3rd of the 17 ranked primary 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 Grammar School teach?
- Batley Grammar School teaches children aged 3 to 16. It is an all-through school in Batley.
- Who is the executive principal of Batley Grammar School?
- The executive principal of Batley Grammar School is Mr John Hughes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Batley Grammar School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Batley Grammar School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Batley Grammar School?
- Batley Grammar School has 980 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 16.
- Is Batley Grammar School full?
- Batley Grammar School has capacity for 950 pupils and 980 on roll (103%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Batley Grammar School a faith school?
- No. Batley Grammar School has no designated religious character.
- Is Batley Grammar School a selective school?
- No. Batley Grammar School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Batley Grammar School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Batley Grammar School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Batley Grammar School?
- Batley Grammar School is part of BATLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Batley Grammar School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Batley Grammar School rank locally?
- Batley Grammar School ranked 14th of 25 secondary schools in Kirklees for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Batley Grammar School's absence rate?
- Batley Grammar School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Batley Grammar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Batley Grammar 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 1 July 2026.