Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KirkleesSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry481 applications · 137 places offered · 133 named it first
- 2026 3.5; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2025 3.9; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2024 4.2; Kirklees median median 2.2
- 2023 3.8; Kirklees median median 2.0
- 2022 3.9; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2021 3.8; Kirklees median median 2.1
- 2020 3.9; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2019 3.6; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2018 3.3; Kirklees median median 1.9
- 2017 3.1; Kirklees median median 1.8
- 2016 3.2; Kirklees median median 1.7
- 2015 4.9; Kirklees median median 1.8
- 2014 4.6; Kirklees median median 1.9
- This school
- Kirklees median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.7 per place (73 applications for 27 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 137 | 481 | 3.5 | 133 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 133 | 516 | 3.9 | 112 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 131 | 555 | 4.2 | 157 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2023 | 129 | 490 | 3.8 | 146 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 139 | 538 | 3.9 | 160 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 136 | 512 | 3.8 | 170 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2020 | 156 | 614 | 3.9 | 235 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2019 | 158 | 568 | 3.6 | 210 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 151 | 502 | 3.3 | 164 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 139 | 436 | 3.1 | 147 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2016 | 138 | 440 | 3.2 | 192 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2015 | 92 | 448 | 4.9 | 176 | 1.91 |
| Sep 2014 | 83 | 382 | 4.6 | 139 | 1.67 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 151 | 43.5 | 44% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 158 | 45.5 | 43% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 157 | 45.1 | 45% | 73% | −0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 156 | 43.8 | 40% | 62% | −0.23 |
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 Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · KirkleesRemains Good20241.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Kirklees20262.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · LeedsGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · KirkleesGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 34.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · LeedsGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Kirklees20261.8applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · KirkleesGood20222.1applications per place 47.9Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 137487 · 382/6012
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 950 pupils · 980 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Batley Grammar School (URN 107790)
- Address
- Carlinghow Hill, Batley, WF17 0AD
- Local authority
- Kirklees
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources