diff --git a/ibis/backends/base/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/base/__init__.py
index 25ccbe1886fb..8b5fc07692df 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/base/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/base/__init__.py
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
     MutableMapping,
 )
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import pandas as pd
-    import pyarrow as pa
-
-    import ibis.expr.schema as sch
-
 import ibis
 import ibis.common.exceptions as exc
 import ibis.config
@@ -33,6 +27,10 @@
 import ibis.expr.types as ir
 from ibis import util
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas as pd
+    import pyarrow as pa
+
 __all__ = ('BaseBackend', 'Database', 'connect')
 
 
@@ -223,16 +221,6 @@ def _import_pyarrow():
         else:
             return pyarrow
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _table_or_column_schema(expr: ir.Expr) -> sch.Schema:
-        from ibis.backends.pyarrow.datatypes import sch
-
-        if isinstance(expr, ir.Table):
-            return expr.schema()
-        else:
-            # ColumnExpr has no schema method, define single-column schema
-            return sch.schema([(expr.get_name(), expr.type())])
-
     @util.experimental
     def to_pyarrow(
         self,
@@ -275,7 +263,7 @@ def to_pyarrow(
         except ValueError:
             # The pyarrow batches iterator is empty so pass in an empty
             # iterator and a pyarrow schema
-            schema = self._table_or_column_schema(expr)
+            schema = expr.as_table().schema()
             table = pa.Table.from_batches([], schema=schema.to_pyarrow())
 
         if isinstance(expr, ir.Table):
diff --git a/ibis/backends/base/sql/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/base/sql/__init__.py
index 791403f94beb..025cf65fd658 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/base/sql/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/base/sql/__init__.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def to_pyarrow_batches(
         params: Mapping[ir.Scalar, Any] | None = None,
         limit: int | str | None = None,
         chunk_size: int = 1_000_000,
-        **kwargs: Any,
+        **_: Any,
     ) -> pa.ipc.RecordBatchReader:
         """Execute expression and return an iterator of pyarrow record batches.
 
@@ -172,31 +172,25 @@ def to_pyarrow_batches(
             Mapping of scalar parameter expressions to value.
         chunk_size
             Maximum number of rows in each returned record batch.
-        kwargs
-            Keyword arguments
 
         Returns
         -------
-        results
-            RecordBatchReader
+        RecordBatchReader
+            Collection of pyarrow `RecordBatch`s.
         """
         pa = self._import_pyarrow()
 
-        from ibis.backends.pyarrow.datatypes import ibis_to_pyarrow_struct
-
-        schema = self._table_or_column_schema(expr)
-
-        def _batches():
+        schema = expr.as_table().schema()
+        array_type = schema.as_struct().to_pyarrow()
+        arrays = (
+            pa.array(map(tuple, batch), type=array_type)
             for batch in self._cursor_batches(
                 expr, params=params, limit=limit, chunk_size=chunk_size
-            ):
-                struct_array = pa.array(
-                    map(tuple, batch),
-                    type=ibis_to_pyarrow_struct(schema),
-                )
-                yield pa.RecordBatch.from_struct_array(struct_array)
+            )
+        )
+        batches = map(pa.RecordBatch.from_struct_array, arrays)
 
-        return pa.ipc.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(schema.to_pyarrow(), _batches())
+        return pa.ipc.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(schema.to_pyarrow(), batches)
 
     def execute(
         self,
diff --git a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
index b54e185e3046..8e8224733177 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
@@ -303,21 +303,16 @@ def to_pyarrow_batches(
         """
         pa = self._import_pyarrow()
 
-        from ibis.backends.pyarrow.datatypes import ibis_to_pyarrow_struct
-
-        schema = self._table_or_column_schema(expr)
-
-        def _batches():
+        schema = expr.as_table().schema()
+        array_type = schema.as_struct().to_pyarrow()
+        batches = (
+            pa.RecordBatch.from_struct_array(pa.array(batch, type=array_type))
             for batch in self._cursor_batches(
                 expr, params=params, limit=limit, chunk_size=chunk_size
-            ):
-                struct_array = pa.array(
-                    map(tuple, batch),
-                    type=ibis_to_pyarrow_struct(schema),
-                )
-                yield pa.RecordBatch.from_struct_array(struct_array)
-
-        return pa.ipc.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(schema.to_pyarrow(), _batches())
+            )
+        )
+
+        return pa.ipc.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(schema.to_pyarrow(), batches)
 
     def _cursor_batches(
         self,
diff --git a/ibis/expr/schema.py b/ibis/expr/schema.py
index e42ecff893b1..ddc78c62112a 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/schema.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/schema.py
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ def to_pyarrow(self):
 
         return ibis_to_pyarrow_schema(self)
 
+    def as_struct(self) -> dt.Struct:
+        return dt.Struct(self.names, self.types)
+
     def __gt__(self, other: Schema) -> bool:
         """Return whether `self` is a strict superset of `other`."""
         return set(self.items()) > set(other.items())