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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 10 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as St John Southworth Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson, URN 119655
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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 entry104 applications · 30 places offered · 24 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 4.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 4.3; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 4.3; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 5.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 4.5; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 4.4; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 4.7; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St John Southworth Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson (URN 119655), 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 | 30 | 104 | 3.5 | 24 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 97 | 4.4 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 21 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2023 * | 24 | 102 | 4.3 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 121 | 4.0 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 * | 26 | 112 | 4.3 | 20 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 * | 29 | 134 | 4.6 | 20 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 123 | 4.1 | 19 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 150 | 5.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 134 | 4.5 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 122 | 4.1 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 132 | 4.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 42 | 1.40 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 33% · Writing 55% · Maths 48% → all three 18% 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 | 18% | 3% | 97 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 0% | 100 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 42% | 0% | 101 | 100 |
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 John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.5applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place
- 0.4 km · LancashireStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · LancashireRemains Good202280%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · LancashireGood20234.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Lancashire20264.9applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · LancashireRemains Good20242.7applications per place 60%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149849 · 888/3759
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 209 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2023
- Replaced
- St John Southworth Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson (URN 119655)
- Address
- Lomeshaye Road, Nelson, BB9 0DQ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Pendle
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources