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Education in Pendle

District

The north east of the North West. 100,203 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 169 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Pendle, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

Under 25250 or more

Pendle had 55 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Number of schools

CouncilGreat Britain only
55
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Pendle had 55 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Number of schools: Pendle among every council350 areas from 1 to 510. The middle area is 68. Pendle is 55.

Schools

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Schools in Pendle

Pendle has 55 open schools: 5 nursery, 37 primary, 6 secondary, 4 special, 1 sixth form and further education and 2 independent.

Outstanding
2
Good
13
Requires improvement
2
Inadequate
0

17 of the 50 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between January 2020 and July 2024.

12 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

4 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Schools rated Outstanding in Pendle

2 schools had Outstanding as the overall grade at their latest graded inspection, which is the date given. A later ungraded inspection, shown in the table, may say more.

Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School (September 2023), Laneshaw Bridge Primary (November 2023).

Nursery (5)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Bradley Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school2 to 4173Good (overall), May 2023
McMillan Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school2 to 589Good (overall), March 2023
Newtown Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school0 to 493School remains Good, January 2023
Walton Lane Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school3 to 555Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
Woodfield Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school2 to 5119Standards maintained, April 2025Good (overall), January 2020

Primary (37)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS2 2024/25)
Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11342Good (overall), July 202264% met KS2 standard
Barrowford SchoolCommunity school4 to 11312Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met50% met KS2 standard
Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11121Outstanding (overall), September 202388% met KS2 standard
Blacko Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11103School remains Good, November 202275% met KS2 standard
Bradley Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11417School remains Good, May 202460% met KS2 standard
Castercliff Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led4 to 11387School remains Good, June 202357% met KS2 standard
Coates Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11157Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade37% met KS2 standard
Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school5 to 11187School remains Good, March 202361% met KS2 standard
Colne Lord Street SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11327Good (overall), January 202364% met KS2 standard
Colne Primet Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11185Good (overall), June 202360% met KS2 standard
Earby Springfield Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11126Requires improvement (overall), April 202467% met KS2 standard
Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11175Good (overall), April 202457% met KS2 standard
Gisburn Road Community Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11204Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade67% met KS2 standard
Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led4 to 11205School remains Good, January 202440% met KS2 standard
Higham St John's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11120Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, special measures53% met KS2 standard
Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, NelsonVoluntary aided school5 to 11200School remains Good, March 202457% met KS2 standard
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11126Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met86% met KS2 standard
Kelbrook Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 1196School remains Good, September 202267% met KS2 standard
Laneshaw Bridge PrimaryAcademy converter4 to 11204Outstanding (overall), November 202373% met KS2 standard
Lomeshaye Junior SchoolCommunity school7 to 11352School remains Good, November 202280% met KS2 standard
Marsden Community Primary SchoolCommunity school5 to 11415School remains Good, March 202365% met KS2 standard
Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11408Standards maintained, February 202558% met KS2 standard
Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11137Good (overall), September 202358% met KS2 standard
Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led4 to 1153Standards maintained, June 2025Good (overall), January 202083% met KS2 standard
Park Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11319Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met57% met KS2 standard
Pendle Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led4 to 11415Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met64% met KS2 standard
Reedley Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11408Good (overall), March 202361% met KS2 standard
Roughlee Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 1150Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met100% met KS2 standard
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter5 to 11216Standards maintained, June 202578% met KS2 standard
Salterforth Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11102Good (overall), July 202362% met KS2 standard
St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter5 to 11209Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met18% met KS2 standard
St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11119Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed60% met KS2 standard
Trawden Forest Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11193School remains Good, March 202376% met KS2 standard
Walverden Primary SchoolCommunity school3 to 11448School remains Good, March 202365% met KS2 standard
West Street Community Primary SchoolCommunity school3 to 11181Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade52% met KS2 standard
Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11207School remains Good, March 202372% met KS2 standard
Whitefield Infant School and NurseryCommunity school3 to 7336Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade

Secondary (6)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS4 2025/26)
Colne Park High SchoolAcademy converter11 to 16989Report card, April 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 41.5
Colne Primet AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16805Report card, June 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 37.1
Marsden Heights Community CollegeAcademy sponsor led11 to 161,047Good (overall), October 2023Attainment 8: 41.5
Pendle Vale CollegeCommunity school11 to 161,046Report card, February 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 41.8
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school11 to 16812Report card, May 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 41.5
West Craven High SchoolAcademy converter11 to 16528Requires improvement (overall), July 2024Attainment 8: 35.0

Special (4)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Grow Independent SchoolOther independent special school11 to 1616No outcome in Ofsted's file
Pendle Community High School & CollegeCommunity special school11 to 19166School remains Outstanding, March 2024
Pendle View Primary SchoolCommunity special school2 to 11132School remains Outstanding, November 2023
The Nook SchoolOther independent special school11 to 1814No outcome in Ofsted's file

Sixth form and further education (1)

SchoolTypeAgesLatest Ofsted inspection
East Lancashire Learning GroupFurther education16 to 99Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Independent (2)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Al-Ikhlaas Primary SchoolOther independent school3 to 11142Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
Edenfield Girls' High SchoolOther independent school11 to 16102Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.