Northern Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bacup, OL13 8PH
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Sharneyford Primary School
Todmorden Road, Bacup, OL13 9UQ
Local ranking387th of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
70
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 1 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 30.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 10
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 63
- Boys
- 30 (48%)
- Girls
- 33 (52%)
- Capacity
- 70 (90% full)
- SEND
- 19.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.9%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.3%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,140/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.2%
- White Other: 1.6%
95.2%
White British
3.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Todmorden Road
Bacup, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119192
- UKPRN
- 10069941
- Establishment No.
- 2113
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