Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Nelson, BB9 9TQ
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Walverden Primary School
Bracewell Street, Nelson, BB9 0TL
Local ranking166th of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 22 March 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 65.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 57
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 451
- Boys
- 227 (51%)
- Girls
- 221 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (107% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.1%
- EAL
- 71.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,230/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 80.0%
- White Other: 9.8%
- Asian Other: 4.4%
- White British: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.2%
- Black African: 0.2%
80.0%
Asian Pakistani
9.8%
White Other
4.4%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bracewell Street
Nelson, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119178
- UKPRN
- 10076208
- Establishment No.
- 2092
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