Batley Grammar School

Batley Grammar School at a glance

Located in Batley, Kirklees, Batley Grammar School is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 998 pupils aged 3 to 16. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 22.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 45.5, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Batley Grammar School ranks in the top 30% of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. Batley Grammar School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 27 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.98 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 8.5%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Batley Grammar 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.