Primary
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup
Huttock End Lane, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 8LD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 125 of 145 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 11.6
- Pupils per adult
- 10.2
- Pupils
- 118
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 yearsNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
June 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
50%
3 points above the Bacup average (47% across 8 schools)
97.0
5.3 below the Bacup average (102.3 across 8 schools)
7th of 8 by our score, among the primary schools in Bacup we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 100 |
| Average reading score | 97 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 50% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 | 25% |
| 23/24 | 14% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 97.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Huttock End Lane, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 8LD
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
- Michelle Scott
- Address
- Huttock End Lane, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 8LD
- Telephone
- 01706873177