Schools in Batley
Batley is a textile-industry town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, with 27 schools - 19 primaries and 2 secondaries. Kirklees Council co-ordinates admissions for maintained schools, with most community primaries using proximity as the primary oversubscription criterion after the standard priority groups. Batley's primaries serve several distinct residential neighbourhoods including Birstall, Carlinghow, and Hanging Heaton.
Secondary provision in Batley is provided by Batley Girls' High School and Upper Batley High School, both of which serve distinct parts of the town. Kirklees does not have grammar schools, so all secondary places are allocated through the standard comprehensive admissions process. Families in Batley who wish to explore grammar options would need to consider schools in the Calderdale or Bradford areas, which operate separately from Kirklees.
School demand in Batley
Across the 25 schools in Batley with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 91%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Batley have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
15 of the schools in Batley are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Kirklees, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
10 of the schools in Batley have a current Ofsted rating, of which 9 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Batley: 3 oversubscribed (19)
Mill Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school
Batley · WF17 6EG
Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Batley · WF17 5LP
Warwick Road Primary School
Primary · Community school
Batley · WF17 6BS
Lydgate Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school
Batley · WF17 6EY
Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Batley · WF17 6DW
Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Batley · WF17 7QX
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Batley · WF17 9HN
Birstall Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Batley · WF17 9EE
Fieldhead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Batley · WF17 9BX
Windmill CofE (VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Batley · WF17 0NP
Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Batley · WF17 8BN
Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Batley · WF17 5AH
Carlinghow Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Batley · WF17 8HT
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Batley · WF17 8PH
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Batley · WF17 9LQ
Manorfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Batley · WF17 7DQ
Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Batley · WF17 8PA
Purlwell Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Batley · WF17 7PE
Hyrstmount Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Batley · WF17 7NS
Secondary Schools in Batley (2)
Other Schools in Batley (6)
Fairfield School
Not applicable · Foundation special school
Batley · WF17 8AS
Batley Grammar School
Special · Free schools
Batley · WF17 0AD
Cambridge Street School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Batley · WF17 5QW
Engage Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Batley · WF17 5LP
Reach Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Batley · WF17 0BQ
Becker School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Batley · WF17 8HL
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Batley are set by Kirklees and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.