Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Batley, Kirklees·WF17 8BN
Composite score
49.5
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#7,440
National rank
#727
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#44
In Kirklees
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
125
any preference, for 53 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9020231.0520240.9320250.892026

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

Every child who put Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
411
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
44.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,250
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Batley, Kirklees, Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 411 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 24.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 53 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 21.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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