Primary
Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Hibson Road, Nelson, BB9 0PY
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 408 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 36.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 407
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 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
58%
6 points below the Nelson average (64% across 16 schools)
105.0
0.6 above the Nelson average (104.4 across 16 schools)
14th of 16 by our score, among the primary schools in Nelson we can score - 17 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 | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 58% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
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 | 59% |
| 23/24 | 61% |
| 24/25 | 58% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Hibson Road, Nelson, BB9 0PY
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
- Joanne Roberts
- Address
- Hibson Road, Nelson, BB9 0PY
- Telephone
- 01282617035
Other primary schools nearby
- Marsden Community Primary School6.3/10
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy4.2/10
- Whitefield Infant School and NurseryNot enough data
- Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy7.1/10
- Lomeshaye Junior School7.1/10
- Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School5.9/10