Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School
Kelbrook Road, Barnoldswick, BB18 5TB
342 pupils · 81% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 22.5%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 July 2022, published 21 September 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 64% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 8% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 35 | 35 | 54 | 35 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 32 | 27 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 48 | 37 | 73 | 46 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 42 | 41 | 78 | 42 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 39 | 31 | 77 | 37 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 52 | 48 | 95 | 50 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 48 | 42 | 96 | 46 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 51 | 42 | 95 | 48 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Gisburn Road Community Primary School 0.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Coates Lane Primary School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Salterforth Primary School 1.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Kelbrook Primary School 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Earby Springfield Primary School 2.9 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.