Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 4 October 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry10 applications · 5 places offered · 4 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 4.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.4
- This school
- Lancashire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 11 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2021 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2015 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 100% · Maths 100% → all three 100% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 100% | 14% | 108 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 50% | 114 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 86% | 43% | 110 | 111 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Roughlee Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · LancashireOutstanding20234.4applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · LancashireStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Lancashire20262.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · LancashireRemains Good20223.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · LancashireRemains Good20242.2applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · LancashireRemains Good202280%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119383 · 888/3094
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 52 pupils · 50 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Blacko Bar Road, Roughlee, Nelson, BB9 6NX
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Pendle
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources