Sabden Primary School
Whalley Road, Sabden, BB7 9DZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Cronshaw
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 101
- URN
- 119165
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282771000
About this school
Sabden Primary School is a community primary school in Sabden. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 101 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 89% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 44% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | 89% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 100% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 100% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 110.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 109.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sabden Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 89% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 93 |
| 2023/24 | 91 |
| 2024/25 | 98 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sabden Primary School compares
Sabden Primary School ranked 335th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 3.4% | 10.9% | 101 | — |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden | 43% | 5% | 27.9% | 69 | 0.2 miles |
| Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 138 | 1.9 miles |
| Read St John's CofE Primary School | 73% | 4% | 13.5% | 201 | 1.9 miles |
| Higham St John's Church of England Primary School | 53% | 4.9% | 19.6% | 120 | 2.1 miles |
| Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | 60% | 6.9% | 43.4% | 312 | 2.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.87%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.41%
- Persistent absence
- 1.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden0.2 miles
Primary · Clitheroe
-
Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Read St John's CofE Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Higham St John's Church of England Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Padiham, Burnley
Common questions
- What year groups does Sabden Primary School teach?
- Sabden Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sabden.
- Who is the headteacher of Sabden Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sabden Primary School is Mrs Amanda Cronshaw, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sabden Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sabden Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Sabden Primary School?
- Sabden Primary School has 101 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Sabden Primary School full?
- Sabden Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 101 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sabden Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sabden Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sabden Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sabden Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Sabden Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sabden Primary School rank locally?
- Sabden Primary School ranked 335th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sabden Primary School's absence rate?
- Sabden Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sabden Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sabden Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.