Primary · BB7 · Lancashire

Clitheroe Brookside Primary School

Bright Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1NW

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance95.8%
Attainment50% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils87

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance needs attention; early years expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (13 Mar 2018).

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BB7. Where we have them, council (Ribble Valley) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
87
Free school meals
26.4%
16.6% above district average (9.8%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
15.6%
0.8% above district average (14.8%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
6.7%
3.1% above district average (3.6%)
Attendance
95.8%
0.7% below district average (96.5%)

Also: England 94.8%

Persistent absence
8.3%
Attainment
50% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BB7 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2197.7%
  • 2021/2293.9%
  • 2022/2394.1%
  • 2023/2494.7%
  • 2024/2595.1%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2378%
  • 2023/2430%
  • 2024/2550%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
210
Pupils on roll
87

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Lancashire page.

SEN support

SEN %
15.6%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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