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Purlwell Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Purlwell Lane, Batley WF17 7PE · purlwell.org · 01924 326734
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2022
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Kirklees Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 230
- 96% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- First language not English
- 80%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Kirklees Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 57 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 43 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 March 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Purlwell Infant and Nursery School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Mar 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107641)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2010
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107641), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107641)
Jan 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107641)