St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
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Academy converter in Batley, WF17 8PH, taking ages 3 to 11, 258 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2024/25 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy lived 1.9283060136453456 miles away, according to Kirklees. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 1.9283060136453456 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | Roman Catholic |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 258 pupils in 300 places (86% full) |
| Trust | BLESSED PETER SNOW CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Kirklees |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Meeting the expected standard | 60.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 60.0% |
| 2023/24 | 59.0% |
| 2022/23 | 64.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
| Girls and boys | 48.4% girls, 51.6% boys |
| English as an additional language | 6.2% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 40.3% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.9283060136453456 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is WF16 at £135,000; the dearest, WF13, £180,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF16 | Kirklees | 1.2 mi | £135,000 43 sales |
| WF17 | Kirklees | 0.1 mi | £137,500 80 sales |
| WF13 | Kirklees | 1.7 mi | £180,000 39 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around WF17: ages, selection, and how full each one is →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy?
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 1.9283060136453456 miles away, per Kirklees.
How close do I need to live to get a place at St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.9283060136453456 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Kirklees school's distance
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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
Admission distance published by Kirklees. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.