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Colne Primet Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 805Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139130URN

Dent Street, Colne, BB8 8JF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.7per place
1.1 above Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

567 applications for 154 places · 9th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.1of 90
73rd of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 28 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
3.7applications per place, Year 7
1.1 above Lancashire median (2.5) 1.5 above England median (2.2)

567 applications · 154 places offered · 105 named it first

  1. 2026 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 3.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 6.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 20261545673.71050.68
Sep 20251535683.71000.65
Sep 20241886193.31370.73
Sep 20231686463.91380.82
Sep 20221856063.31160.63
Sep 20211495683.81090.73
Sep 20201655583.4800.48
Sep 20191645303.2820.50
Sep 20181093753.4300.28
Sep 20171083072.8330.31
Sep 20161023033.0300.29
Sep 2015622854.6220.35
Sep 2014493116.4370.76

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

163 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.173rd of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths25%75th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths45%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.77
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16337.125%45%–
2024/2516135.424%44%–
2023/2416032.218%29%−0.77
2022/2312736.023%43%−0.64

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139130 · 888/4003
Trust
Pendle Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 805 on roll
Free school meals
42.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2013
Replaced
Colne Primet High School (URN 119720)
Address
Dent Street, Colne, BB8 8JF
Local authority
Lancashire · Pendle

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources