Upper Batley High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Batley, WF17 0BJ
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Batley Grammar School
Carlinghow Hill, Batley, WF17 0AD
Local ranking19th of 27 secondary schools in Kirklees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
950
Capacity
3-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 26 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 26 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 151
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 998
- Boys
- 542 (55%)
- Girls
- 438 (45%)
- Capacity
- 950 (103% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.5%
- EAL
- 47.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,871/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 32.0%
- White British: 27.4%
- Asian Indian: 22.3%
- Mixed Other: 6.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.1%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
32.0%
Asian Pakistani
27.4%
White British
22.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Carlinghow Hill
Batley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 137487
- UKPRN
- 10035203
- Establishment No.
- 6012
- Trust
- BATLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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