Purlwell Infant and Nursery School
Purlwell Infant and Nursery School is a converter academy in Batley for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 230 pupils and room for 240. About 20 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
Purlwell Lane, Batley, WF17 7PE01924 326734purlwell.orgMrs Sue Gallivan headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 24 March 2022 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
90 places were empty (33% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
In 2025 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2025. Every child who applied got a place (54 offers for 60 places).
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (12), language and communications needs (11), emotional and mental health (3), Physical disability (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.8% | 5.6% | 7.2% | 8.5% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.9% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 3.6% | 3.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 4.8% | 15.2% | 21.3% | 31.3% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Purlwell Infant and Nursery School, the school this one replaced in April 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyrstmount Junior School | Academy | 400 m | 257 | Good 2021 | – | Compare |
| Warwick Road Primary School | Council | 680 m | 362 | Good 2024 | 91 | Compare |
| Field Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 710 m | 238 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| Manorfield Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 720 m | 224 | No overall grade 2025 | 85 | Compare |
| Carlton Junior and Infant School | Council | 750 m | 223 | Not inspected | 59 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy | Academy | 800 m | 212 | No overall grade 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| Staincliffe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | Church of England | 830 m | 274 | Good 2023 | 25 | Compare |
| Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 201 | Requires improvement 2022 | 27 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Purlwell Infant and Nursery School a good school?
Purlwell Infant and Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in March 2022.
What is Purlwell Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Purlwell Infant and Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 24 March 2022. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Purlwell Infant and Nursery School have?
230 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 240 places, so it is 96% full.
Is Purlwell Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 90 places were empty in 2024/25 (33% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Purlwell Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 95.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 5% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Purlwell Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 24.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Purlwell Lane, Batley, WF17 7PE
- Telephone
- 01924 326734
- Website
- www.purlwell.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sue Gallivan
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Batley Multi Academy Trust (8 schools)
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Ward
- Batley East
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151325 · LAESTAB 3822067 · UKPRN 10096320
- Formerly
- Purlwell Infant and Nursery School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Kirklees council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.