Upper Batley High School, Batley

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is an absolute privilege to lead the school and continue to provide an excellent education to the young learners in our community. At UBHS, we embody a culture which encourages self-development to allow all our learners to realise their potential."

In 2026, pupils at Upper Batley High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Kirklees and 47 across England.

43% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Kirklees and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.12: 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 33, against 48.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 134 families put Upper Batley High School as their first choice and 262 named it as one of their preferences, for 144 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 13 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Upper Batley High School are Batley Grammar School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Batley Girls' High School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.2); Heckmondwike Grammar School (1.6 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 78.9); and St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.8 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 34.9).

Upper Batley High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Upper Batley 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.

Of the 161 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

50.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (86%), Mixed (6%) and White British (5%).

The nearest railway station is Batley Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is County Close (near), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Upper Batley High School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 312 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, Upper Batley High School issued 74 suspensions, 9.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Upper Batley High School are Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School (0.4 miles), St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy (0.4 miles) and Carlinghow Academy (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.