Upper Batley High School

Academy in West Yorkshire, England

53°43′15″N 1°38′07″W / 53.7207°N 1.6354°W / 53.7207; -1.6354InformationTypeAcademyEstablished9 September 1959 (1959-09-09)FounderWest Riding County CouncilLocal authorityKirkleesDepartment for Education URN142406 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherSamantha VickersGenderBoysAge11 to 16Websitehttp://www.ubhs.co.uk/

Upper Batley High School is a secondary school for boys located in Batley, West Yorkshire, England.^[1]

It was established by West Riding County Council in 1959 as Batley Boys High School.^[2] The school gained specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College in the 2000s and was renamed Batley Business and Enterprise College. The school was renamed Upper Batley High School in September 2015 and converted to academy status in April 2016.

Notable former pupils

Mark Eastwood, Conservative MP for Dewsbury^[3]
Carl Gibson, former professional rugby league footballer
Roy Powell, rugby league player 1965-98
Robert Palmer, singer/songwriter, best known for the top 10 hit "Addicted to love"

References

^ "Home". ubhs.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ "School History". ubhs.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ Scott, Geraldine (26 January 2020). "From a Batley council estate to serving under Boris Johnson - meet one of the new Yorkshire Tory MPs who helped dismantle the Red Wall". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 13 June 2020.