Community school · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 4ET · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
2.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119688
Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Clitheroe · BB7 4NP
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
25
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, 25 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119688
Location
- Address
- Gisburn Road, Bolton-by-Bowland
- Postcode
- BB7 4NP
- Town
- Clitheroe
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 25
- Boys / girls
- 13 / 12
- School capacity
- 58
- Capacity fill
- 25 / 58 (43%)
- Free school meals
- 8%
- FSM pupils
- 2
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Abram
- Telephone
- 01200447632
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-06-09
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 89%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 33%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.3%
Persistent absence
7.1%
Unauthorised
0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 4.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 28
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 3.8% · Persistent 6.1%
- 2021/22
- Overall 7.1% · Persistent 5.9%