Academy converter · Primary
Clitheroe · BB7 1AG · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119419
St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe
Voluntary aided school · CLITHEROE · BB7 1ED
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
262
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 4–11, in CLITHEROE, Lancashire, 262 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.5%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119419
Location
- Address
- Greenacre Street, St. James C of E Primary Schoo
- Postcode
- BB7 1ED
- Town
- CLITHEROE
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to 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
- 262
- Boys / girls
- 143 / 119
- School capacity
- 315
- Capacity fill
- 262 / 315 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 14.5%
- FSM pupils
- 38
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No 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
- Mr Jonathan Leeming
- Telephone
- 01200423599
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
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-05-13
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)
- 44%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
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
4.6%
Persistent absence
9.2%
Unauthorised
1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 260
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 5.0% · Persistent 9.2%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.1% · Persistent 12.8%