Community school · Primary
Nelson · BB9 7SY · Lancashire
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119179
Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
Community school · Nelson · BB9 7HF
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–7
Pupils
336
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 3–7
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas 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 community school (primary), Ages 3–7, in Nelson, Lancashire, 336 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 49.4%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119179
Location
- Address
- Every Street
- Postcode
- BB9 7HF
- Town
- Nelson
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Pendle
- 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
- 336
- Boys / girls
- 161 / 175
- School capacity
- 348
- Capacity fill
- 336 / 348 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 49.4%
- FSM pupils
- 166
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs E Mason
- Telephone
- 01282612807
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
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-02-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes