Batley Girls' High School, Batley

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to our school. As headteacher it is a real privilege to work with our learners, parents and dedicated staff. Our core value of Every Opportunity for Excellence underpins everything we do."

In 2026, pupils at Batley Girls' High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is down from 46.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.23: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.2, against 49.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 178 families put Batley Girls' High School as their first choice and 310 named it as one of their preferences, for 212 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Batley Girls' High School are Batley Grammar School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Upper Batley High School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4); Bruntcliffe Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); and The Morley Academy (1.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.1).

Batley Girls' High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Batley Girls' High School is one of 8 schools run by Batley Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.7 in 2024/25.

84 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Batley Girls' High School (as of September 2025): 74% would recommend the school, 76% say their child is happy there and 54% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (81%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (54%).

Of the 233 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college.

Of the 102 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 43% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 11% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

37% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (81%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 102 pupils (7.2%) received SEN support and 14 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Batley Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School Windmill Lane, 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Batley Girls' High School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Batley Girls' High School issued 63 suspensions, 4.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Batley Girls' High School are Windmill CofE Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Birstall Primary Academy (0.6 miles); Carlinghow Academy (0.8 miles); and St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.