Purlwell Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Batley · WF17 7PE
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 24 March 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
230 pupils · 96% of 240 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.purlwell.org/
- URN
- 151325
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.79 first-choice applications per place57 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · usually has places
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.