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Upper Batley High School
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Blenheim Drive, Batley Field Hill, Batley WF17 0BJ · ubhs.co.uk · 01924 326343
On the mapSearch near WF17 0BJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Kirklees 46.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.48 mi
- 2.38 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 784
- 34 over 750 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29.6%
- First language not English
- 50.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.48 mi (2.38 km) from the school. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 134 families put the school first and 144 places were offered; 90% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 144 | 134 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 144 | 171 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 144 | 134 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 157 | 140 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 157 | 131 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.48 mi2.38 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.1, and 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kirklees it was 46.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲48.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.05 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 28.6 | +11.6 |
| Sixth form college | 17.4 | −15.2 |
| Further education | 39.8 | +2.9 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.2 | +0.5 |
| Employment | 0.6 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | −0.2 |
| Activity not captured | 5.6 | +2.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Upper Batley High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107767), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107767)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 45
- 6% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied