Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 14 April 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 16 April 2024Graded inspection: Inadequate
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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 entry15 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.2; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bacup (URN 119662), the previous school.
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 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 21 | 33 | 1.6 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 * | 16 | 24 | 1.5 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 * | 25 | 29 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 * | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.94 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 48% · Writing 30% · Maths 30% → all three 15% 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 | 15% | 0% | 99 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 0% | 100 | 97 |
| 2022/23 | 32% | 0% | 100 | 96 |
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
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses 20263.0applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · LancashireGood20232.1applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · LancashireRemains Good20245.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Lancashire20262.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Lancashire20262.7applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · LancashireRemains Good20242.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Lancashire20262.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LancashireGood20242.1applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · LancashireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 65%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
- 147592 · 888/2008
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 94 on roll
- Free school meals
- 75.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2019
- Replaced
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bacup (URN 119662)
- Address
- Tong Lane, Bacup, OL13 9LJ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Rossendale
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources