Warwick Road Primary School, Batley
Warwick Road Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Batley. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in May 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 4th-highest of the 17 schools in Batley with published results, and 1,876th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025, at 104% of capacity.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Kirklees (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Warwick Road Primary School in detail
Warwick Road Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Welcome to Warwick Road Primary School a place where we work very hard to ensure our children 'Exceed Expectations'. Our children flourish under a team of committed staff who create learning opportunities which ensure all children achieve their full potential."
The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at Warwick Road Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 75% in Kirklees and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 79% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Warwick Road Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Warwick Road Primary School as their first choice and 125 named it as one of their preferences, for 47 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Warwick Road Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Warwick Road Primary School are Hyrstmount Junior School (0.2 miles); Carlton Junior and Infant School (0.3 miles, Good); Mill Lane Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 75% reading, 85% maths); and Purlwell Infant and Nursery School (0.4 miles).
Warwick Road Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.
Hyrstmount Junior SchoolCarlton Junior and Infant SchoolMill Lane Primary SchoolPurlwell Infant and Nursery School
Who goes there
29.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are Asian (88%) and Mixed (9%).
In 2026, 21 pupils (5.8%) received SEN support and 10 (2.8%) 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Batley Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bradford Road Rink St (at), 190 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 501 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.
Suspensions and exclusions
Warwick Road Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Warwick Road Primary School are St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles), Manor Croft Academy (0.9 miles), Westborough High School (1 mile) and Upper Batley High School (1.2 miles).
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyManor Croft AcademyWestborough High SchoolUpper Batley High School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from January 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's May 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Warwick Road is a welcoming school where your child will feel proud to belong. Teachers focus on building reading skills from the start and provide a broad curriculum with exciting trips and enrichment activities. The school creates a supportive environment where children develop confidence, strong relationships with staff, and learn important values like respect and compassion.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with phonics taught from Nursery Year and excellent support for struggling readers
- Broad curriculum that builds knowledge and skills progressively from early years across all subjects
- Excellent enrichment opportunities including trips, music, sports, design and technology, and charity fundraising
- Effective support for pupils' wider development including understanding of equality, relationships and mental health
- Warm, welcoming environment where pupils are confident and proud to belong to the school
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers do not consistently make the necessary adaptations to ensure pupils with SEND can access the curriculum as well as they could
- Some pupils with SEND may not be achieving as well as they could because learning is not consistently well matched to their ability
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with staff helping pupils who have worries and keeping them safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Music, multi-sports, design and technology, baking, school council, subject ambassadors, librarians, enterprise activities, visits to Houses of Parliament, opera performances, residential trips, museum visits, art exhibitions, sporting competitions, Carry My Story project
Warwick Road Primary School continues to be a good school where pupils are nurtured and develop empathy, compassion and respect. The school offers a broad and ambitious curriculum with positive relationships between staff and pupils.
At a Glance
18.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 79% to 88% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 81% to 90% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 77% to 88% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
24.8
Avg class size
24.7
Infant (KS1)
25.0
KS2
11
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Before and after school care
Warwick Road Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Kirklees
Term dates
Warwick Road Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Kirklees. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Monday 6 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 21 February to Friday 25 February 2028)
- Summer term: Monday 24 April to Tuesday 25 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Warwick Road Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Warwick Road Primary School is in Kirklees; for families living there:
- Kirklees's school travel policy: School transport
- How to apply: Apply for school travel support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 28
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 22 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
104%
Over capacity
350 pupils
336 places
14 pupils over capacity in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Batley
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Batley
Across Kirklees council
Places available
5,437
Applications
4,554
Got 1st preference
93.8%
Got preferred school
99.3%
All primary applications across Kirklees council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(6)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
21
SEN Support
10
EHC Plans
8.6%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
362
Total Pupils
191
Boys
171
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
21
Teachers
17.2:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£44,521
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,202
Per pupil
£2039k
Total funding
£98k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
3.5%
Overall absence
4.5%
Persistent absence
310
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Warwick Road Primary School
Questions parents ask about Warwick Road Primary School
What are SATs results like at Warwick Road Primary School?
Of the pupils at Warwick Road Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 88% reached the expected standard in reading and 90% did so in maths.
What is Warwick Road Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Warwick Road Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in May 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in January 2015, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Warwick Road Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Warwick Road Primary School is oversubscribed, Kirklees allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Warwick Road Primary School?
Warwick Road Primary School was full in 2025, at 104% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Warwick Road Primary School?
Classes at Warwick Road Primary School average 24.8 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Warwick Road Primary School?
Warwick Road Primary School has around 362 pupils on roll. 19% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Warwick Road Primary School?
3.5% of sessions were missed at Warwick Road Primary School in 2024/25. 4.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Warwick Road Primary School?
Apply through Kirklees's coordinated admissions process, naming Warwick Road Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Warwick Road Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Warwick Road Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.
What are Warwick Road Primary School's term dates?
Warwick Road Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Kirklees. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Monday 6 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 7 April 2028 (half term Monday 21 February to Friday 25 February 2028); Summer term: Monday 24 April to Tuesday 25 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Warwick Road Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 22 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Kirklees is 12 (the median across 203 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Warwick Road Primary School?
Warwick Road Primary School is at Warwick Road, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 6BS.
Sources: Kirklees term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)