Batley Girls' High School

Child Benefit / Child Tax Credit - an important message if your daughter is in Year 11

If students stay in full time education (school 6th form / college) then Child Benefit will continue. If they have been claiming Child Tax Credit this will also continue (depending on family income).

They must be in education to continue to claim Child Benefit and CTC (there are some training courses included in this - for further advice they need to speak to their Careers / Connexions Adviser).

If they leave education then they can continue to claim Child Benefit for up to 20 weeks from the date they leave school, officially this is the last Friday in June. To qualify for this they MUST register with Careers / Connexions (based in Dewsbury Library). If they claim for the full 20 weeks from the official school leaving date then the claim will finish in mid November - most full time courses do not start again until the following September - so leaving full time education and not going on to employment could have a significant financial cost.

(NB Full time paid apprenticeships are not included as the student will receive £2.60 an hour (as a minimum) this is classed as employment).

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Batley Girls' achieve 91% 5 A*-C

This year the girls’ school is celebrating 99% of students achieving at least five GCSE passes. The 5 A*-C percentage has broken records again, leaping to 91%.

“This year’s results are significantly better than last year- which itself broke records!” commented a thrilled Jackie Eames. “I’m particularly delighted that 5A*-C including English and Maths is another ‘best ever’ at 56% exceeding our target by an impressive 10%. English has achieved excellent results with 94% A*-C in Literature and 69% in Language. Science results have soared, with 63% gaining 2 A*-C’s.

Other subjects which excelled include Fine Art with 98% A*-C grades; Statistics with 100% A*-C and 79% A*-B; Sociology with 80% A*-C and RE, where almost a third of the cohort got A* and A grades.

Exceptional individual performances included Aadila Chothia with 6A* and 8 A’s; Marya Rawat with 4A* and 6A’s; Saffiyah Mayet with 4A* and 5A’s and Saadya Madwi with 4A* and 4A’s.

Girls of all ability levels have surpassed their targets, ably supported by committed, talented staff. With results like these, the sixth form in our new academy should attract record numbers since parents can feel certain their daughters are in an excellent learning centre. I am really proud of the difference we make to our students’ lives and thank students, staff, parents and governors for their contribution to these stunning results.

Batley Girls' maintain outstanding A level results!

Batley Girls’ has again achieved results well in excess of the national pass rate. 100% pass rate has been sustained across 26 different A level subjects with a 99.5% pass rate overall. Two thirds of the results were A*-C and an impressive third of girls achieved A grades.

Fine Art, and Photography, in our top achieving Visual Arts College, are particularly impressive with 86% and 88% A*-B of which 50% and 38% were A* and A- statistics matched by Art Textiles. Graphics got an outstanding 66% A* and A !

Urdu was also exceptional with 73% of girls getting A* and A grades- almost half being the top grade of A star. The school’s A* grades have increased tenfold since its introduction last year.
English faculty results were excellent at 86% A*-C while Psychology and Chemistry enjoyed a 70% A*-C pass rate.

Several individuals did exceptionally well. “Emma Lawley achieved 2A*s and an A and her Art portfolio has been selected for display in the exam board’s head office! Both Irram Akbar and Moina Tai achieved 2A’s and a B; Kiran Hussain 2A’s and 2B’s and Rebecca Gowler an A*, B and C.

“Results like these underline just how special our sixth form provision is,” said a delighted Jackie Eames. “ It looks very likely that our A level results will, for the 2nd year running, be the best in Kirklees. Add to this the fact that at 94% our AS pass rate is significantly above national pass rate and local families will no doubt be delighted the school and its sixth form are here to stay!”