Further education · 16 plus
Nelson · BB9 7YT · Lancashire
Ages 16–99
0.2 miles away
OpenURN 149952
Grow Independent School
Other independent special school · Barrowford · BB9 8PH
Ages 11–16 · 16 pupils · Lancashire
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill89%
16 pupils · 18 places
- Pupils on roll
- 16
- Boys / girls
- 7 / 9
- School capacity
- 18
- Capacity fill
- 16 / 18 (89%)
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Other independent special school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Independent
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Sarah Hawthorne
Location
- Address
- Lower Clough Business Centre, Pendle Street
- Postcode
- BB9 8PH
- Town
- Barrowford
- 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 other independent special school, Ages 11–16, in Barrowford, Lancashire, 16 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: independent, special school.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingVoluntary aided school · Primary
Nelson · BB9 6QT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence3.7%
- FSM11.6%
0.3 miles away
Barrowford School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Primary
Nelson · BB9 6EA · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS238%
- Absence9.9%
- FSM44.2%
0.4 miles away
Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Nelson · BB9 8HD · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS255%
- Absence7.1%
- FSM40.5%
0.4 miles away
Other independent school
Nelson · BB9 7SY · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
0.6 miles away
Bradley Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Nelson · BB9 7RF · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS253%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM55.6%
0.7 miles away
Lomeshaye Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Nelson · BB9 7SY · Lancashire
Ages 7–11
- KS269%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM50.0%
0.7 miles away
Bradley Nursery School
Ofsted: GoodLocal authority nursery school · Nursery
Nelson · BB9 7QH · Lancashire
Ages 2–4
- FSM0.0%
0.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Sarah Hawthorne
- Telephone
- 01282577400