Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Batley, Kirklees·WF17 5LP
Composite score
56.0
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#5,159
National rank
#503
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#23
In Kirklees
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
60
any preference, for 23 places
Last place offered lived
0.93 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1499 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.8320230.9620241.0720250.912026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
193
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
69.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,088
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Batley, Kirklees, Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 193 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.93 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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