Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry24 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2024 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clitheroe (URN 119644), 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 | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 * | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 23 | 36 | 1.6 | 11 | 0.48 |
| Sep 2021 * | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 21 | 50 | 2.4 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 22 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 * | 26 | 48 | 1.9 | 23 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 38 | 1.27 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.4applications per place
- 0.4 km · LancashireStandards maintained20253.9applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Lancashire20262.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · LancashireGood20242.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · LancashireStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20232.3applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · LancashireGood20243.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · LancashireGood20235.3applications per place 14%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
- 152198 · 888/3744
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 133 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2025
- Replaced
- St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clitheroe (URN 119644)
- Address
- Lowergate, Clitheroe, BB7 1AG
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Ribble Valley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources