St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe in CLITHEROE

St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe is a primary school located in CLITHEROE. 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 01/07/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.8%, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address:	Greenacre Street, CLITHEROE, BB7 1ED
Website:	http://www.st-james78.lancsngfl.ac.uk
Telephone:	01200423599
School Type:	Voluntary aided school
Education phase:	Primary
Local authority:	Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal:	Mrs Fiona Pattison
Religious character:	Church of England
Admissions policy:	Not applicable
Unique reference:	119419

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/07/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	4 - 11
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	315
Number of Pupils:	309
Number of Boys:	167
Number of Girls:	142

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	2.8%	4%
Persistent absence:	2.2%	8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading

Average: 1.5 Confidence interval -0.4 to 3.5

Writing

Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -1.3 to 2.3

Maths

Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -1.6 to 1.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	69%
England Average:	65%

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

School:	0%
England Average:	11%

Average score in reading

School:	104
England Average:	104

Average score in maths

School:	103
England Average:	105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Ribblesdale Nursery School Queens Road , BB7 1EL	3out of 4	302 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe Greenacre Street , BB7 1ED	3out of 4	0 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clitheroe Lowergate , BB7 1AG	3out of 4	416 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Edisford Primary School Edisford Road , BB7 2LN	4out of 4	845 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School Bright Street , BB7 1NW	2out of 4	1,072 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Clitheroe Pendle Primary School Princess Avenue , BB7 2AL	4out of 4	1,279 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Ribblesdale High School Queens Road , BB7 1EJ	3out of 4	280 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School York Street , BB7 2DJ	4out of 4	1,002 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Moorland School Limited Ribblesdale Avenue , BB7 2JA	- not rated	1,826 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

St James' Church of England Primary School, ClitheroeGreenacre Street, CLITHEROE