Batley Girls' High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 9 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kirklees
Unique reference
137424
Address
Windmill Lane, WF17 0LD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1376 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
43.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.6%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 48.7%
Indian 27.5%
Unclassified 6.3%
White British 5.6%
Mixed 4.3%
Other Asian 3.3%
Other 2.3%
Other White 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
African 0.5%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.42
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.8
Local authority average 46.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award10
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
ArabicGCSE28
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE50
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE212
English LiteratureGCSE206
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Batley Girls High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
223
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
181
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
181
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
0
241
Year 8
243
0
243
Year 9
234
0
234
Year 10
231
0
231
Year 11
233
0
233
Year 12
90
0
90
Year 13
96
0
96
Year 14
8
0
8
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
29.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
16.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
16.0%
39.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
55.0%
65.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
22.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
19.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
9.0%
5.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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