Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School is a primary school located in Padiham, Burnley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 21/06/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is above average, progress in writing is average, progress in reading is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.8%, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Moor Lane, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8HT
Website: http://www.st-leonards.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone: 01282771470
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Beverly Holmes
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119425

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 320
Number of Pupils: 331
Number of Boys: 175
Number of Girls: 156

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.7 Confidence interval -4.9 to -0.4
Writing
Average: 1.5 Confidence interval -0.6 to 3.5
Maths
Above Average: 2.7 Confidence interval 0.8 to 4.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitegate Nursery School
Victoria Road , Padiham BB12 8TG 		4out of 4 1,370 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Rosegrove Nursery School
Havelock Street , BB12 6AJ 		4out of 4 2,996 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
Moor Lane , Padiham BB12 8HT 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Padiham Green Church of England Primary School
St Anne's Street , BB12 7AX 		3out of 4 775 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Padiham Primary School
Burnley Road , Padiham BB12 8SJ 		3out of 4 1,168 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham
St John's Road , Padiham BB12 7BN 		3out of 4 1,210 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School
School Lane , Simonstone BB12 7HR 		3out of 4 1,899 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Shuttleworth College
Burnley Road , Padiham BB12 8ST 		2out of 4 1,468 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Burnley High School
Byron Street , BB12 6NX 		3out of 4 1,976 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Park Hill School
Park Hill , Padiham Road BB12 6TG 		- not rated 2,373 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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