St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bacup · OL13 9LJ · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS232%
- Absence8.6%
- FSM75.5%
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 119193
Bacup Thorn Primary School
Community school · Bacup · OL13 8EF
Ages 4–11 · 253 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
4.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.6%
Unauthorised1.7%
- Authorised absence
- 2.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 258
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill92%
253 pupils · 276 places
- Pupils on roll
- 253
- Boys / girls
- 119 / 134
- School capacity
- 276
- Capacity fill
- 253 / 276 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 41.5%
- FSM pupils
- 105
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Edgar
Location
- Address
- Cowtoot Lane
- Postcode
- OL13 8EF
- Town
- Bacup
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Bacup, Lancashire, 253 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 41.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Northern Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bacup · OL13 8PH · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS248%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM17.4%
0.7 miles away
Sharneyford Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bacup · OL13 9UQ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM15.9%
0.9 miles away
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Bacup · OL13 9RR · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM29.5%
1.0 miles away
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bacup · OL13 8LD · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS225%
- Absence7.7%
- FSM55.9%
1.2 miles away
Britannia Community Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Bacup · OL13 9TS · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS255%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM10.3%
1.3 miles away
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Bacup · OL13 0QW · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM35.3%
1.3 miles away
St Anne's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Rossendale · BB4 9JE · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS263%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM27.7%
2.0 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Edgar
- Telephone
- 01706874027