Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Batley · WF17 6DW · Kirklees
Ages 4–11
- KS284%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM15.0%
- Demand1.00
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 107706
Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Voluntary controlled school · Dewsbury · WF12 7LX
Ages 7–11 · 384 pupils · Kirklees
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
66%
Overall absence
5.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-06-10
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)66%
Higher standard (RWM)2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)12.7%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 385
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill99%
384 pupils · 388 places
- Pupils on roll
- 384
- Boys / girls
- 203 / 181
- School capacity
- 388
- Capacity fill
- 384 / 388 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- FSM pupils
- 111
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Ms Zaheda Adam
Location
- Address
- Bendigo Road
- Postcode
- WF12 7LX
- Town
- Dewsbury
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- District
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 7–11, in Dewsbury, Kirklees, 384 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 28.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Dewsbury · WF12 7HP · Kirklees
Ages 3–7
- Absence6.0%
- FSM19.7%
- Demand0.86
0.5 miles away
Eastborough Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Dewsbury · WF13 1NS · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
- Absence9.4%
- FSM33.8%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Mill Lane Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Batley · WF17 6EG · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
- KS272%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM31.0%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Earlsheaton Infant School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Dewsbury · WF12 8JF · Kirklees
Ages 4–7
- FSM21.3%
0.7 miles away
Orchard Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Dewsbury · WF12 8QT · Kirklees
Ages 2–11
- KS240%
- Absence8.8%
- FSM69.8%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Gawthorpe Community Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ossett · WF5 9QP · Wakefield
Ages 3–11
- KS277%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM26.0%
- Demand1.31
0.9 miles away
Warwick Road Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Batley · WF17 6BS · Kirklees
Ages 3–11
- KS270%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM19.1%
- Demand1.02
0.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Zaheda Adam
- Telephone
- 01924460666