Primary
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School
Bright Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1NW
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 87 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 13.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 147
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 April 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
February 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
March 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
50%
12 points below the Clitheroe average (62% across 12 schools)
102.0
3.8 below the Clitheroe average (105.8 across 12 schools)
13th 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 | 101 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 50% |
| Working at a higher standard | 10% |
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 | 78% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 97.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Bright Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1NW
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
- Beverley Allan
- Address
- Bright Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1NW
- Telephone
- 01200425564
Other primary schools nearby
- Clitheroe Pendle Primary School6.7/10
- 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