Batley Grammar SchoolUpper Batley High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Batley.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Batley Grammar School and Upper Batley High School in Batley.

  • Batley Grammar School scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Upper Batley High School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). Upper Batley High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Batley Grammar School was judged the expected standard and Upper Batley High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 45.5 for Batley Grammar School and 44.1 for Upper Batley High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Batley Grammar School (47.9 in 2021-22, 45.5 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Upper Batley High School (45.6 in 2021-22, 44.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Batley Grammar School versus Upper Batley High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BatleyBatley Grammar SchoolBatleyUpper Batley High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC56/100C59/100Stronger figure
Local ranking20th of 27 in Kirklees 13th of 27 in Kirklees Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFree schools Academy sponsor led
PhaseAll-through Secondary
Age range3-16 11-16
GenderMixed Boys
Pupils on roll998 789
Capacity950 750
LocationBatley, WF17 0AD Batley, WF17 0BJ
GCSE results
Attainment 845.5 Stronger figure44.1 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths43.0% Stronger figure42.0% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths66.5% 67.3% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc15.8% 48.0% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.85 4.05 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort158 150
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard77.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census998 789
Free school meals (ever 6)29.5% 28.3%
English as an additional language47.2% 52.9%
SEN support11.2% 14.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence8.4% Stronger figure8.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence23.2% Stronger figure24.6% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Batley Grammar School

Upper Batley High School

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