Academy converter · Kirklees

Batley Girls' High School

11–19Ages
1,415Pupils
SecondaryPhase
GirlsPupils
Sixth formAges 16–18
137424URN

Windmill Lane, Batley, WF17 0LD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.7 below Kirklees median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KirkleesSelective

310 applications for 212 places · 22nd of 24 in Kirklees

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

45.2of 90

Kirklees 45.1 England 46.0

12th of 25 in Kirklees

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 28 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.5applications per place, Year 7

0.7 below Kirklees median (2.1) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

310 applications · 212 places offered · 178 named it first

2026 1.5; Kirklees median median 2.1
2025 1.6; Kirklees median median 2.0
2024 1.6; Kirklees median median 2.2
2023 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.0
2022 1.7; Kirklees median median 2.1
2021 1.4; Kirklees median median 2.1
2020 1.6; Kirklees median median 1.9
2019 1.8; Kirklees median median 1.9
2018 1.7; Kirklees median median 1.9
2017 1.6; Kirklees median median 1.8
2016 1.7; Kirklees median median 1.7
2015 1.7; Kirklees median median 1.8
2014 1.6; Kirklees median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Kirklees median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Kirklees median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	212	310	1.5	178	0.84
Sep 2025	232	380	1.6	219	0.94
Sep 2024	223	355	1.6	181	0.81
Sep 2023	242	413	1.7	230	0.95
Sep 2022	240	396	1.7	230	0.96
Sep 2021	232	324	1.4	189	0.81
Sep 2020	230	373	1.6	205	0.89
Sep 2019	229	402	1.8	224	0.98
Sep 2018	211	364	1.7	237	1.12
Sep 2017	209	329	1.6	209	1.00
Sep 2016	208	359	1.7	218	1.05
Sep 2015	202	335	1.7	196	0.97
Sep 2014	182	291	1.6	160	0.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

232 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.212th of 25 in Kirklees

Kirklees 45.1 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%18th of 25 in Kirklees

Kirklees 44% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%

Kirklees 63% England 66%

This school
Kirklees median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.23

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	232	45.2	38%	59%	–
2024/25	227	46.9	41%	65%	–
2023/24	233	46.9	43%	66%	+0.23
2022/23	214	47.8	44%	65%	+0.42

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Batley Girls' High SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
Batley Grammar School
1.1 km · Kirklees

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.5applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
Upper Batley High School
1.5 km · Kirklees

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
Bruntcliffe Academy
2.3 km · Leeds

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
The Morley Academy
2.8 km · Leeds

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.2applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
Heckmondwike Grammar School
3.1 km · Kirklees

2026

2.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
BBG Academy
3.3 km · Kirklees

Remains Good2021

2.8applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
Woodkirk Academy
4.0 km · Leeds

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 52.3Attainment 8
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
4.2 km · Kirklees

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 34.9Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 137424 · 382/4048
Trust: Batley Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,333 pupils · 1,415 on roll
Free school meals: 32.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2011
Replaced: Batley Girls' High School - Visual Arts College (URN 107770)
Address: Windmill Lane, Batley, WF17 0LD
Local authority: Kirklees

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources