Primary
Pendle Primary Academy
Walter Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5AW
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 415 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Trust
- PENDLE EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 40.3
- Pupils per adult
- 10.2
- Pupils
- 412
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 November 2025
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- 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
March 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
64%
Level with the Nelson average (64% across 16 schools)
105.0
0.6 above the Nelson average (104.4 across 16 schools)
13th 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 | 105 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 64% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
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 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Walter Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5AW
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
- Academy Principal
- Simon Thompson
- Address
- Walter Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5AW
- Telephone
- 01282615927
Other primary schools nearby
- Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy7.1/10
- Reedley Primary School6.0/10
- Casterton Primary Academy6.8/10
- St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy6.0/10
- Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School4.5/10
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy4.2/10