St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
Batley, WF17 8PH · Kirklees local authority
Batley’s School Grade B− better than 55% of towns in England
What stands out about St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
- Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 45% of England’s primary schools
- 42% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (33 of 33)
- Homes in its postcode sector (WF17 8) sold for a median £162,000; Batley’s is £184,150
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 61%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 45% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Kirklees avg 60%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 102, maths 102 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 16 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Blessed Peter Snow Catholic Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Kirklees council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Batley and Kirklees, side by side
2023–2025All 99 graded primaries in Kirklees. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Batley’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School | A+ | 35% | 90% |
| Holme Junior and Infant School | A+ | 4% | 86% |
| St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School | A+ | 29% | 83% |
| Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School | A | 13% | 81% |
| Netherthong Primary School | A | 8% | 80% |
| Ravensthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | A | 51% | 80% |
| Lepton CofE Primary Academy | A | 17% | 76% |
| Hopton Primary School | A− | 11% | 75% |
| Mill Lane Primary School | A− | 31% | 74% |
| Lydgate Junior and Infant School | A− | 25% | 74% |
| Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant School | A− | 19% | 74% |
| Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School | A− | 11% | 74% |
| Meltham Moor Primary School | A− | 29% | 74% |
| Warwick Road Primary School | A− | 19% | 73% |
| Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School | A− | 9% | 73% |
| Brockholes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School | A− | 10% | 73% |
| Whitechapel Church of England Primary School | A− | 13% | 73% |
| Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School | A− | 15% | 72% |
| Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School | A− | 11% | 71% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy | A− | 16% | 71% |
| Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School | B+ | 33% | 70% |
| Upperthong Junior and Infant School | B+ | 6% | 70% |
| Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | B+ | 29% | 70% |
| Wilberlee Junior and Infant School | B+ | 13% | 69% |
| Battyeford CofE (VC) Primary School | B+ | 15% | 69% |
| Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B+ | 6% | 69% |
| Lindley Junior School | B+ | 12% | 69% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy | B+ | 37% | 69% |
| Moorlands Primary School | B+ | 9% | 69% |
| Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Hartshead Junior and Infant School | B+ | 6% | 68% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy | B | 14% | 67% |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | B | 33% | 66% |
| Co-op Academy Smithies Moor | B | 54% | 66% |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy | B | 21% | 66% |
| Westmoor Primary School | B | 39% | 65% |
| Batley Grammar School | B | 31% | 65% |
| Fieldhead Primary Academy | B | 62% | 65% |
| Birstall Primary Academy | B− | 27% | 64% |
| Fixby Junior and Infant School | B− | 31% | 64% |
| Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School | B− | 12% | 63% |
| Marsden Junior School | B− | 24% | 63% |
| Scissett Middle School | B− | 17% | 62% |
| Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School | B− | 35% | 61% |
| Kirkburton Middle School | B− | 14% | 61% |
| Hill View Academy | B− | 57% | 61% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy | B− | 42% | 61% |
| Reinwood Junior School | B− | 28% | 61% |
| Howard Park Community School | C+ | 19% | 60% |
| East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C+ | 12% | 60% |
| South Crosland Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School | C+ | 15% | 60% |
| New Mill Junior School | C+ | 26% | 60% |
| Headfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | C+ | 29% | 59% |
| Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy | C+ | 52% | 59% |
| Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School | C+ | 37% | 58% |
| Birkby Junior School | C+ | 41% | 58% |
| Gomersal Primary School | C+ | 8% | 58% |
| Scholes Village Primary School | C+ | 25% | 58% |
| Carlinghow Academy | C+ | 40% | 58% |
| Hillside Primary School | C+ | 48% | 58% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary Academy | C+ | 33% | 58% |
| Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School | C | 27% | 57% |
| Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School | C | 7% | 57% |
| Gomersal St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C | 32% | 57% |
| Beaumont Primary Academy | C | 33% | 57% |
| Hyrstmount Junior School | C | 30% | 57% |
| Moldgreen Community Primary School | C | 29% | 55% |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School | C | 17% | 55% |
| Honley CofE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School | C | 16% | 55% |
| Dalton School | C | 30% | 54% |
| Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School | C− | 14% | 53% |
| Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | C− | 28% | 53% |
| Christ Church CE Academy | C− | 64% | 53% |
| Lowerhouses CofE Primary School | C− | 60% | 53% |
| Helme Church of England Academy | C− | 17% | 52% |
| High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School | C− | 47% | 51% |
| Overthorpe CofE Academy | C− | 48% | 51% |
| Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School | C− | 33% | 51% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy | C− | 21% | 50% |
| Ashbrow School | C− | 49% | 49% |
| Kirkheaton Primary School | C− | 15% | 48% |
| Clough Head Junior and Infant School | D | 12% | 47% |
| Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School | D | 11% | 47% |
| Newsome Junior Academy | D | 36% | 47% |
| All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School | D | 35% | 46% |
| Old Bank Academy | D | 62% | 46% |
| Wellhouse Junior and Infant School | D | 13% | 45% |
| Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School | D | 23% | 45% |
| Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School | D | 56% | 44% |
| Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy | D | 29% | 43% |
| Thornhill Junior and Infant School | D | 45% | 43% |
| St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy | D | 30% | 43% |
| Boothroyd Primary Academy | D | 43% | 42% |
| Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy | D | 40% | 42% |
| Orchard Primary Academy | D− | 70% | 38% |
| Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School | D− | 40% | 37% |
| Hade Edge Junior, Infant and Nursery School | D− | 4% | 32% |
| St Thomas CE Primary School | D− | 47% | 31% |
| Oak CofE Primary School | D− | 51% | 28% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025276 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, February 2025.
Living near St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in WF17 8, the school’s postcode sector
Batley property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in WF17 8 sell for a little under Batley’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
26 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Batley, WF17 8PH
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy: common questions
Is St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy a good school?
By its published results, about average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 45% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 61% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025.
How hard is it to get into St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy?
For September 2026, 33 families put St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 34 places were offered in all.
What is St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (February 2025).
How much do houses cost near St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, WF17 8, sold for a median £162,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (254 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Batley’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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