Castercliff Primary School, Nelson

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Castercliff Primary School

Marsden Hall Road North, Nelson BB9 8JJ

https://www.castercliffprimaryacademy.co.uk/

Castercliff Primary School is an academy. It has about 380 boys and girls aged between 4 and 11. In June 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of Pendle Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Pendle Primary Academy and Casterton Primary Academy.)

Particular strengths include Disadvantaged pupils and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Attendance and Attainment.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.4		Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy
0.6		Walverden Primary School
0.7		Colne Primet Primary School
0.7		Bradley Primary School
0.7		Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School
0.9		Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson
1.1		Marsden Community Primary School
1.2		Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
1.2		Lomeshaye Junior School
1.2		St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
1.2		Colne Lord Street School
1.2		Barrowford School

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Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress in maths is above average. Progress in reading is above average. Progress in writing is excellent.

Progress: Above average. Progress in maths is above average, in reading it is about average and in writing it is excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Finances: Below average. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Admissions: Below average. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is quite high.

Attainment: Below average. Maths attainment is below average, reading is poor and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very high, while crime is quite high.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Attendance: Poor. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very high.

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