Latest Ofsted
Graded OutstandingOct 2017
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Mar 2024
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Graded OutstandingOct 2017
School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Mar 2024
Inspection history
- 21 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding
- 24 October 2017Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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.
School details
- Type
- Community special school
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 135015 · 888/7115
- Capacity
- 136 pupils · 166 on roll
- Free school meals
- 54.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2005
- Replaced
- Colne Gibfield School (URN 119881)
- Address
- Oxford Road, Nelson, BB9 8LF
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Pendle
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources