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Batley Girls' High School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Windmill Lane, Batley WF17 0LD · batleygirls.co.uk · 01924 350080

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.9
average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,415
82 over 1,333 places · 106%
Local authority
Kirklees
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
32.3%
First language not English
37%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Batley Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 178 families put the school first and 212 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 230 (Places 240)230September 2023: 230 (Places 242)230September 2024: 181 (Places 223)181September 2025: 219 (Places 232)219September 2026: 178 (Places 212)178Places 212
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262121780.8100%
September 2025Sept 20252322190.998%
September 2024Sept 20242231810.8100%
September 2023Sept 2023242230195%
September 2022Sept 2022240230190%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.9, and 41.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kirklees it was 46.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 46.8 (England 46.3)46.82017/18: 50.4 (England 46.5)50.42018/19: 51.4 (England 46.7)51.42021/22: 49.0 (England 48.8)49.02022/23: 47.8 (England 46.3)47.82023/24: 46.9 (England 45.9)46.92024/25: 46.9 (England 46.0)46.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.946.0
▼41.4%45.4%
●64.8%64.8%
▲57.7%40.5%
●4.184.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form60.1+5.4
Sixth form college9.4−6.2
Further education25.8+6
Not in a lasting destination2.1−1.7
Activity not captured2.6−0.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 27.9 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 28.0 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 31.9 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 36.0 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 31.2 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 29.9 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 32.0 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
63 studentsC+ (32)Below average -0.24
63 studentsC+ (32.1)Below average -0.23
59 studentsDist (34.1)Above average +0.22
12.9%AAB or better
93%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2473C (29.9)-0.11
2022/2377C (31.2)—
2021/2297B- (36)—
2018/1986C+ (31.9)+0.06
2017/1897C- (28)-0.27
2016/17122C- (27.9)+0.01
2015/16112C- (28.1)-0.08

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University43.1−5
Further and other education4.9−4.4
Further education2−3.6
Other education2.9−0.8
Apprenticeship4.9−1.6
Employment10.8−2.2
Not in a lasting destination19.6+10.3
Activity not captured16.7+2.8

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Batley Girls' High School on 28 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
28 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Mar 2009Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (84 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
74%
Replies
84
6% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼76% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼77% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼65% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼74% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼81% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼66% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼77% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼88% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼77% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼68% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼63% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼47% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 49% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●66% agreeEngland 67%

based on 15 parents (18%) with SEND

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