St John Southworth Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson in Nelson - ratings, address, contact etc

St John Southworth Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson is a primary school located in Nelson. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 07/07/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address:	Lomeshaye Road, Nelson, BB9 0DQ
Website:	http://www.st-johnsouthworth.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone:	01282613906
School Type:	Voluntary aided school
Education phase:	Primary
Local authority:	Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal:	Miss Jemma Stuttard
Religious character:	Roman Catholic
Admissions policy:	Not applicable
Unique reference:	119655

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/07/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	5 - 11
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	210
Number of Pupils:	213
Number of Boys:	115
Number of Girls:	98

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	4.5%	4%
Persistent absence:	9.9%	8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading

N/A: -1 Confidence interval -3.3 to 1.3

Writing

N/A: 2.1 Confidence interval 0 to 4.3

Maths

Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -3.1 to 0.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	47%
England Average:	65%

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

School:	3%
England Average:	11%

Average score in reading

School:	99
England Average:	104

Average score in maths

School:	100
England Average:	105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
McMillan Nursery School Railway Street , BB9 9AG	2out of 4	525 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Bradley Nursery School Bradley Road East , BB9 7QH	4out of 4	995 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Woodfield Nursery School Sefton Street , Brierfield BB9 5BE	3out of 4	1,477 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Walton Lane Nursery School Walton Lane , BB9 8BP	4out of 4	2,717 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St John Southworth Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson Lomeshaye Road , BB9 0DQ	3out of 4	0 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Marsden Community Primary School Percy Street , BB9 0BE	3out of 4	313 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Whitefield Infant School and Nursery Every Street , BB9 7HF	4out of 4	453 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School Hibson Road , BB9 0PY	3out of 4	483 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Lomeshaye Junior School Norfolk Street , BB9 7SY	3out of 4	625 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Marsden Heights Community College Edge End Lane , BB9 0PR	- not rated	728 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
Pendle Vale College Oxford Road , BB9 8LF	3out of 4	2,085 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School Gibfield Road , BB8 8JT	3out of 4	2,724 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Colne Primet Academy Dent Street , BB8 8JF	3out of 4	2,981 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School

16 plus

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Nelson and Colne College Scotland Road , BB9 7YT	- not rated	1,409 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Ghausia School 1-3 Cross Street , BB9 7EN	- not rated	471 yd	Other independent school	No	Girls	More About School
Edenfield Girls' High School Brunswick Street , Nelson BB9 0PQ	- not rated	604 yd	Other independent school	No	Girls	More About School
Al-Ikhlaas Primary School 35 Norfolk Street , BB9 7SY	- not rated	785 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Pendle Community High School & College Oxford Road , BB9 8LF	4out of 4	2,227 yd	Community special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Pendle View Primary School Gibfield Road , BB8 8JT	4out of 4	2,612 yd	Community special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.