Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 5TB · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM22.5%
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 142856
West Craven High School
Academy converter · Barnoldswick · BB18 5TB
Ages 11–16 · 528 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Attainment 8
33.7
Overall absence
11.7%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-07-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.99
−20+2
Attainment 833.7
English & maths grade 5+28%
English & maths grade 4+48%
EBacc entry18%
EBacc APS: 2.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)37.9%
Unauthorised3.4%
- Authorised absence
- 8.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 652
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill62%
528 pupils · 845 places
- Pupils on roll
- 528
- Boys / girls
- 282 / 246
- School capacity
- 845
- Capacity fill
- 528 / 845 (62%)
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- FSM pupils
- 152
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PENDLE EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- PENDLE EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Pendle Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr John Bates
Location
- Address
- Kelbrook Road
- Postcode
- BB18 5TB
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, 528 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 28.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Gisburn Road Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 5LS · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM16.2%
0.6 miles away
Salterforth Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 5UD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM14.7%
0.6 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
Academy converter · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 5EN · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- FSM11.0%
0.7 miles away
Kelbrook Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 6UD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM11.5%
1.6 miles away
Earby Springfield Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementCommunity school · Primary
Barnoldswick · BB18 6SJ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM58.7%
1.8 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
- Mr John Bates
- Telephone
- 01282812292