Mill Lane Primary SchoolSt Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School

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

Summary of the comparison

Mill Lane Primary School and St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School are primary schools in Batley.

  • Mill Lane Primary School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School scores 78 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Mill Lane Primary School was judged Good and St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 70.0% for Mill Lane Primary School and 83.0% for St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Mill Lane Primary School (78.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School (77.0% in 2022-23, 83.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Mill Lane Primary School versus St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BatleyMill Lane Primary SchoolBatleySt Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB73/100B78/100Stronger figure
Local ranking7th of 132 in Kirklees 3rd of 132 in Kirklees Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll159 206
Capacity198 210
LocationBatley, WF17 6EG Batley, WF17 9HN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard70.0% 83.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census159 206
Free school meals (ever 6)30.8% 28.0%
English as an additional language32.7% 3.4%
SEN support23.9% 34.5%
SEN with an EHC plan6.9% 3.9%
Attendance
Overall absence6.4% 4.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence17.1% 8.7% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.

Mill Lane Primary School

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School

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