Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 23 May 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 2 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry16 applications · 3 places offered · 3 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 5.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 4.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 7.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 12.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 4.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 4.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 5.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 5.2; 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 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 2 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2021 | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2020 | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 29% · Writing 29% · Maths 14% → all three 14% 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 | 14% | 0% | 101 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 0% | 108 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 8% | 105 | 102 |
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
- Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20235.3applications per place 14%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20232.3applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · LancashireGood20242.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · Lancashire20262.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · LancashireGood20232.4applications per place
- 4.6 km · Lancashire20262.2applications per place
- 4.8 km · LancashireStandards maintained20253.9applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · LancashireStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 119686 · 888/3807
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 62 pupils · 29 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Sawley Road, Grindleton, Clitheroe, BB7 4QS
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Ribble Valley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources