Mill Lane Primary School, Batley

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Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball, athletics, recorder, cooking, gardening, knitting and photography.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £2 per day.

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Mill Lane Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Kirklees and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (80% in reading, 80% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Mill Lane Primary School as their first choice and 57 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 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 primary schools to Mill Lane Primary School are Warwick Road Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 88% reading, 90% maths); Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School (0.4 miles, Good, 93% reading, 90% maths); Hyrstmount Junior School (0.5 miles); and Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School (0.6 miles, Good, 90% reading, 85% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Mill Lane Primary School.

30.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (58%), White British (23%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 46 pupils (29.1%) received SEN support and 11 (7%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Batley Rail Station, about 520 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill Lane School, 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Mill Lane Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 414 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kirklees (153), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Mill Lane Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 6.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Mill Lane Primary School are Manor Croft Academy (0.8 miles) and Upper Batley High School (1.1 miles).