Primary
Birstall Primary Academy
Chapel Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9EE
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 187 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Trust
- FOCUS ACADEMY TRUST (UK) LTD
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 21.5
- Pupils per adult
- 8.8
- Pupils
- 190
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
65%
4 points below the Batley average (69% across 15 schools)
103.0
2.8 below the Batley average (105.8 across 15 schools)
12th of 15 by our score, among the primary schools in Batley we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 65% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 59% |
| 24/25 | 65% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Chapel Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9EE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kirklees admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Nadia Sweryt-Hannam
- Address
- Chapel Lane, Birstall, Batley, WF17 9EE
- Telephone
- 01924471372