Primary
Clitheroe Pendle Primary School
Princess Avenue, Clitheroe, BB7 2AL
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 349 of 350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 25.6
- Pupils per adult
- 13.7
- Pupils
- 349
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected July 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
68%
6 points above the Clitheroe average (62% across 12 schools)
107.0
1.2 above the Clitheroe average (105.8 across 12 schools)
5th of 14 by our score, among the primary schools in Clitheroe we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 68% |
| Working at a higher standard | 14% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 84% |
| 24/25 | 68% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Princess Avenue, Clitheroe, BB7 2AL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Wendy Nunns
- Address
- Princess Avenue, Clitheroe, BB7 2AL
- Telephone
- 01200423539
Other primary schools nearby
- Clitheroe Brookside Primary School3.4/10
- St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyNot enough data
- St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe3.4/10
- Edisford Primary School7.5/10
- Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School5.8/10
- Chatburn Church of England Primary School6.3/10