Ofsted
Good
Inspected 2013
Expected Standard
86%
Demand Ratio
0.9x
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Nelson, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 5% of primary schools nationally.
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Nelson, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 122 pupils on roll, of whom 22% are eligible for free school meals.
In 2025, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #78 of 444 primaries in Lancashire and #3,818 of 14,143 nationally.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2013. The school's current overall rating is Good.
In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 1.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.
R/W/M Expected Standard
86%
Read SS
107
Maths SS
104
GPS SS
106
Progress (0 = national avg)
-
Read
-
Write
-
Maths
No digital report timeline available.
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