Primary
Sabden Primary School
Whalley Road, Sabden, BB7 9DZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 101 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 7.2
- Pupils per adult
- 12.5
- Pupils
- 90
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 February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
50%
11 points below the Lancashire average (61% across 442 schools)
107.0
1.8 above the Lancashire average (105.2 across 442 schools)
372nd of 446 by our score, among the primary schools in Lancashire we can score - 491 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 | 104 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 50% |
| Working at a higher standard | 17% |
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 | 57% |
| 23/24 | 89% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Whalley Road, Sabden, BB7 9DZ
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
- Amanda Cronshaw
- Address
- Whalley Road, Sabden, BB7 9DZ
- Telephone
- 01282771000
Other primary schools nearby
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden5.0/10
- Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School7.0/10
- Read St John's CofE Primary School6.8/10
- Higham St John's Church of England Primary School2.8/10
- Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School4.2/10
- Barrow URC Primary School6.8/10