Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
Every Street, Nelson, BB9 7HF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs E Mason
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 348
- Pupils on roll
- 336
- URN
- 119179
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282612807
About this school
Whitefield Infant School and Nursery is a community primary school in Nelson. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 336 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 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Whitefield Infant School and Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 341 |
| 2023/24 | 326 |
| 2024/25 | 332 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whitefield Infant School and Nursery compares
Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 35.4% | 336 | — |
| Lomeshaye Junior School | 80% | 4.6% | 41.7% | 352 | 0.1 miles |
| St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 18% | 5.7% | 37.7% | 209 | 0.3 miles |
| Marsden Community Primary School | 65% | 5.2% | 32.6% | 415 | 0.4 miles |
| Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School | 58% | 7.1% | 42.1% | 137 | 0.4 miles |
| Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 58% | 6.3% | 34.4% | 408 | 0.5 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)
- 35.43%
- English as an additional language
- 97%
- Overall absence
- 5.86%
- Persistent absence
- 18.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lomeshaye Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Nelson
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St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Nelson
-
Marsden Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Nelson
-
Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Nelson
-
Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Nelson
Other schools in Nelson
- Barrowford School Primary
- Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blacko Primary School Primary
- Bradley Primary School Primary
- Castercliff Primary School Primary
- Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy Primary
- Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson Primary
- Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Lomeshaye Junior School Primary
- Marsden Community Primary School Primary
- Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Whitefield Infant School and Nursery teach?
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Nelson.
- Who is the headteacher of Whitefield Infant School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Whitefield Infant School and Nursery is Mrs E Mason, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Whitefield Infant School and Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whitefield Infant School and Nursery, 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 Whitefield Infant School and Nursery?
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery has 336 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Whitefield Infant School and Nursery full?
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery has capacity for 348 pupils and 336 on roll (97%), 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 Whitefield Infant School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Whitefield Infant School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Whitefield Infant School and Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Whitefield Infant School and Nursery as having nursery classes.
- What is Whitefield Infant School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Whitefield Infant School and Nursery publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Whitefield Infant School and Nursery. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.