St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Primary
CLITHEROE · BB7 1ED · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence4.6%
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 119275
Edisford Primary School
Community school · Clitheroe · BB7 2LN
Ages 4–11 · 212 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
79%
Overall absence
3.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-02-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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)79%
Higher standard (RWM)24%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.4%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 2.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 202
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill101%
212 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 212
- Boys / girls
- 115 / 97
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 212 / 210 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 7.5%
- FSM pupils
- 16
- 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 Elizabeth Hamilton-Thorpe
Location
- Address
- Edisford Road
- Postcode
- BB7 2LN
- Town
- Clitheroe
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- 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 Clitheroe, Lancashire, 212 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Academy converter · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 1AG · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
0.6 miles away
Clitheroe Pendle Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 2AL · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS264%
- Absence3.3%
0.9 miles away
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 1NW · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS278%
- Absence5.4%
1.0 miles away
Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 3JE · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS283%
- Absence5.2%
1.6 miles away
Barrow URC Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 9AZ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence3.8%
1.8 miles away
Chatburn Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 4AS · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS289%
- Absence3.2%
2.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton-Thorpe
- Telephone
- 01200422239