Hyrstmount Junior School
Primary · Batley · WF17 7NS
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 11 November 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
257 pupils · 71% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 151326
In figures
Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 November 2021, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Criterion 3
- 1555.1 m (≈0.97 mi)
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Batley school admissions · Kirklees school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Indian 41% (Kirklees 6%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 39% (Kirklees 21%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Kirklees 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Kirklees 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Kirklees 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Kirklees 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Kirklees 3%, England 7%) · White British 1% (Kirklees 52%, England 60%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Kirklees 0%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Kirklees 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,267; 18.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 19.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 27.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 16.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 33.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 67.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 14.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 16.9% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 9.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 22.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011018 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £130,000179 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £85,500–£187,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 28an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 8an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted