Ofsted: Good trending_up High Demand emoji_events #94 in Lancashire public Top 42% UK

Gisburn Road Community Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Nicola Walker

location_onBarnoldswick, BB18 5LS

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

218

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Expected Standard

67%

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Demand Ratio

1.7x

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Gisburn Road Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Barnoldswick, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Highly competitive: 1.7× more applications than places — plan well ahead. Ranks in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Gisburn Road Community Primary School is a community school in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 198 pupils on roll, of whom 20% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 13% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #94 of 444 primaries in Lancashire and #4,269 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.7× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 26.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.8 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 59%

Reading83% LA 73%

Writing71% LA 69%

Maths71% LA 72%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading68% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing68% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths68% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading71% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing68% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths68% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.9

Read

LA -0.2

-0.4 to 4.1

1.9

Write

LA 0.1

-0.2 to 4.0

0.6

Maths

LA -0.3

-1.4 to 2.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading67% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing78% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths81% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.5

Read

LA -0.2

-1.8 to 2.9

2.4

Write

LA 0.1

0.2 to 4.5

1.6

Maths

LA -0.2

-0.4 to 3.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

44%

LA 65%

Reading44% LA 76%

Writing74% LA 78%

Maths74% LA 75%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA 0.1

-4 to 0.8

-0.8

Write

LA 0.1

-3.1 to 1.5

-1

Maths

LA 0.0

-3.2 to 1.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

29 April 2025

Inspection Report

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22 June 2021

Inspection Report

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28 April 2015

Inspection Report

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15 October 2013

Inspection Report

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25 June 2013

Inspection Report

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08 July 2010

Inspection Report

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12 December 2006

Inspection Report

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07 May 2002

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-04-29

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Outstanding

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Good

2015-04-28

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-06-25

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.0%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(2 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 198 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.0%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	198	2	1.0%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	197	1	0.5%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	198	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	202	1	0.5%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	227	1	0.4%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	224	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	218	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	217	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	224	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	215	2	0.9%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	212	3	1.4%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	225	2	0.9%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	224	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	215	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	235	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	235	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	234	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	248	1	0.4%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	241	2	0.8%	0.5%	1
2018/19 (Autumn term)	222	5	2.3%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	240	4	1.7%	0.5%	1
2017/18 (Spring term)	234	2	0.9%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	228	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	223	1	0.4%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	207	2	1.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	205	2	1.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 11 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 5 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils