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Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, Brierfield

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

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location_onNelson, BB9 5BL

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2017

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Students

114

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Expected Standard

87%

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Demand Ratio

1.3x

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Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, Brierfield is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Nelson, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.3×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 4% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, Brierfield is a voluntary aided school in Nelson, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 114 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 27% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #98 of 476 primaries in Lancashire and #3,864 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.3× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.6 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)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

87%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading87% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing93% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths93% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

80%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading87% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths87% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.8

Read

LA -0.2

-1.3 to 5.0

4.7

Write

LA 0.1

1.7 to 7.8

2.0

Maths

LA -0.3

-0.9 to 5.0

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading57% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths71% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-4.2

Read

LA -0.2

-7.5 to -1.0

1.3

Write

LA 0.1

-1.7 to 4.3

-4.2

Maths

LA -0.2

-7.0 to -1.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

85%

LA 65%

Reading92% LA 76%

Writing85% LA 78%

Maths85% LA 75%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.1

Read

LA 0.1

-2.2 to 4.4

1.6

Write

LA 0.1

-1.5 to 4.7

-0.7

Maths

LA 0.0

-3.7 to 2.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2017-03-21

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2013-03-26

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2007-12-11

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

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

1.8%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2023

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 114 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.8%, which is above the termly national average of 0.7%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2022/23 (Summer term)	114	2	1.8%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	114	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	111	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	113	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	114	1	0.9%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	114	1	0.9%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	105	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	105	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	105	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	103	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	103	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	104	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	103	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	102	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	101	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	103	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	101	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	101	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	104	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	103	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	103	0	0.0%	0.5%