Pendle Vale College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C57
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Nelson, BB9 8LF
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Marsden Heights Community College
Edge End Lane, Nelson, BB9 0PR
Local ranking36th of 80 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 210
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1048
- Boys
- 551 (53%)
- Girls
- 497 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 20.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.5%
- EAL
- 90.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 17.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,757/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 85.9%
- White British: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Other: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
85.9%
Asian Pakistani
3.5%
White British
2.2%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Edge End Lane
Nelson, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 146276
- UKPRN
- 10080947
- Establishment No.
- 4023
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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- Phase
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- Distance
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- Phase
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- Location
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Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
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- Phase
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- Location
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- Distance
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Ofsted: Expected
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
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Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
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- Phase
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