Barrowford School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D48
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Nelson, BB9 6EA
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Blacko Primary School
Blacko Primary School, Gisburn Road, Blacko, Nelson, BB9 6LS
Local ranking32nd of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
105
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 29 November 2022.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 75.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 17.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 12
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 101
- Boys
- 58 (56%)
- Girls
- 45 (44%)
- Capacity
- 105 (98% full)
- SEND
- 10.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 4.0%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 7.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,911/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 2.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 1.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 97.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
97.0%
White British
2.0%
Mixed Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Blacko Primary School, Gisburn Road
Nelson, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 145816
- UKPRN
- 10080949
- Establishment No.
- 2075
- Trust
- APEX COLLABORATIVE TRUST
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