Academy converter · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 5EN · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- FSM11.0%
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 119265
Gisburn Road Community Primary School
Community school · Barnoldswick · BB18 5LS
Ages 4–11 · 204 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
65%
Overall absence
5.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-04-29
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- 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)65%
Higher standard (RWM)6%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.6%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 177
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
204 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- Boys / girls
- 103 / 101
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 204 / 210 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- FSM pupils
- 33
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Toor
Location
- Address
- Gisburn Road
- Postcode
- BB18 5LS
- Town
- Barnoldswick
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Pendle
- 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 Barnoldswick, Lancashire, 204 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 16.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 5TB · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM22.5%
0.5 miles away
Coates Lane Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
BARNOLDSWICK · BB18 6EZ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM24.8%
0.6 miles away
Salterforth Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 5UD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM14.7%
1.2 miles away
Kelbrook Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 6UD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM11.5%
2.2 miles away
Earby Springfield Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementCommunity school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 6SJ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM58.7%
2.2 miles away
Thornton in Craven Community Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Thornton-in-Craven · BD23 3SX · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS267%
- Absence3.4%
- FSM2.4%
2.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Toor
- Telephone
- 01282812287