West Street Community Primary School
West Street, Colne, BB8 0HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Watson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 230
- Pupils on roll
- 181
- URN
- 119174
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282865840
About this school
West Street Community Primary School is a community primary school in Colne. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 181 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected West Street Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 29 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 38% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 45% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 48% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 69% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
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 West Street Community 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 | 40% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 201 |
| 2024/25 | 192 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How West Street Community Primary School compares
West Street Community Primary School ranked 325th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 8.1% | 59.4% | 181 | — |
| Park Primary School | 57% | 6% | 49.2% | 319 | 0.4 miles |
| Colne Lord Street School | 64% | 6.1% | 48.4% | 327 | 0.5 miles |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 78% | 2.8% | 11.5% | 216 | 0.7 miles |
| Colne Primet Primary School | 60% | 7.1% | 49.7% | 185 | 0.9 miles |
| Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 61% | 4% | 18.8% | 187 | 1.1 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.44%
- English as an additional language
- 17.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.09%
- Persistent absence
- 29.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Colne
-
Colne Lord Street School0.5 miles
Primary · Colne
-
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Colne
-
Colne Primet Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Colne
- 1.1 miles
Other schools in Colne
West Street Community Primary School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Colne.
- Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Colne Lord Street School Primary
- Colne Primet Primary School Primary
- Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Laneshaw Bridge Primary Primary
- Park Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Trawden Forest Primary School Primary
- Newtown Nursery School Nursery
- Colne Park High School Secondary
- Colne Primet Academy Secondary
- Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does West Street Community Primary School teach?
- West Street Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Colne.
- Who is the headteacher of West Street Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of West Street Community Primary School is Miss Sarah Watson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has West Street Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected West Street Community 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 many pupils are at West Street Community Primary School?
- West Street Community Primary School has 181 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is West Street Community Primary School full?
- West Street Community Primary School has capacity for 230 pupils and 181 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is West Street Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. West Street Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does West Street Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records West Street Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have West Street Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does West Street Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- West Street Community Primary School ranked 325th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is West Street Community Primary School's absence rate?
- West Street Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are West Street Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, West Street Community 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.