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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup

  • 3–11Ages
  • 125Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 119661URN

Huttock End Lane, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 8LD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

24 applications for 10 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 24 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 5 April 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to Lancashire median (2.6) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

24 applications · 10 places offered · 9 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.9; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202610242.490.90
Sep 202514352.5141.00
Sep 202412262.2121.00
Sep 202311262.4100.91
Sep 202213272.190.69
Sep 202120392.0211.05
Sep 202011302.790.82
Sep 201914362.6141.00
Sep 201814322.3141.00
Sep 201716281.8150.94
Sep 20167263.760.86
Sep 201512282.3110.92
Sep 201415291.9130.87

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 50% · Maths 56% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%331st of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard50%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard50%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard56%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%0%97100
2023/2414%0%102100
2022/2325%5%10199

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

  • 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 aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119661 · 888/3768
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
145 pupils · 125 on roll
Free school meals
55.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Huttock End Lane, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 8LD
Local authority
Lancashire · Rossendale

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources