Academy sponsor led · Lancashire

Pendle Primary Academy

4–11Ages
415Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139053URN

Walter Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5AW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

1.1 below Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

85 applications for 60 places · 361st of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 25 November 2025Published 21 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected 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

25 November 2025
Report card · 7 Expected standard
8 March 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

1.4applications per place, Reception

1.1 below Lancashire median (2.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

85 applications · 60 places offered · 66 named it first

2026 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
2019 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
2018 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
2017 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
2016 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
2015 1.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
2014 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.4

More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.

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	60	85	1.4	66	1.10
Sep 2025	47	79	1.7	47	1.00
Sep 2024	56	78	1.4	54	0.96
Sep 2023	60	83	1.4	63	1.05
Sep 2022	45	70	1.6	43	0.96
Sep 2021	50	73	1.5	50	1.00
Sep 2020	60	84	1.4	56	0.93
Sep 2019	50	66	1.3	42	0.84
Sep 2018	60	79	1.3	61	1.02
Sep 2017	58	72	1.2	48	0.83
Sep 2016	60	85	1.4	57	0.95
Sep 2015	53	67	1.3	44	0.83
Sep 2014	60	83	1.4	59	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%209th of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard78%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard31%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth12%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard36%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	64%	5%	105	105
2023/24	51%	3%	103	104
2022/23	59%	12%	104	106

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

Pendle Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2025

1.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
0.5 km · Lancashire

2026

4.9applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Reedley Primary School
0.5 km · Lancashire

Good2023

2.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Casterton Primary Academy
1.1 km · Lancashire

Good2022

3.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
1.2 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2024

2.3applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School
1.3 km · Lancashire

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
1.4 km · Lancashire

2026

3.5applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
Marsden Community Primary School
1.6 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

2.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School
1.7 km · Lancashire

2026

2.2applications per place 50%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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139053 · 888/2000
Trust: Pendle Education Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 415 on roll
Free school meals: 30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2013
Replaced: Brierfield Walter Street Primary School (URN 119169)
Address: Walter Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5AW
Local authority: Lancashire · Pendle

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