Britannia Community Primary School
Rochdale Road, Bacup, OL13 9TS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs N Longstaff
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 225
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 119189
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706874447
About this school
Britannia Community Primary School is a community primary school in Bacup. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 204 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- 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 | 31 | 32 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 75% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 9% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 84% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 88% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 91% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Britannia 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 | 55% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 205 |
| 2024/25 | 209 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Britannia Community Primary School compares
Britannia Community Primary School ranked 190th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% 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 | 66% | 3.4% | 12.4% | 204 | — |
| Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School | 64% | 4.7% | 35.5% | 88 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 15% | 7.9% | 76.2% | 94 | 0.8 miles |
| St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School | 65% | 4.8% | 41.1% | 109 | 1.1 miles |
| Bacup Thorn Primary School | 61% | 4.5% | 40.5% | 253 | 1.3 miles |
| Sharneyford Primary School | 30% | 6.5% | 15.9% | 63 | 1.5 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.44%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 3.43%
- Persistent absence
- 3.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Rochdale
-
Bacup Thorn Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
Sharneyford Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Bacup
Other schools in Bacup
Britannia Community Primary School ranks 1st of the 8 ranked primary schools in Bacup.
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School Primary
- Bacup Thorn Primary School Primary
- Northern Primary School Primary
- Sharneyford Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup Primary
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Bacup Nursery School Nursery
- The Valley Leadership Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Britannia Community Primary School teach?
- Britannia Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bacup.
- Who is the headteacher of Britannia Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Britannia Community Primary School is Mrs N Longstaff, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Britannia Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Britannia 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 big is Britannia Community Primary School?
- Britannia Community Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Britannia Community Primary School full?
- Britannia Community Primary School has capacity for 225 pupils and 204 on roll (91%), 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 Britannia Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Britannia Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Britannia Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Britannia Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Britannia Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Britannia Community Primary School rank locally?
- Britannia Community Primary School ranked 190th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% 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 Britannia Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Britannia Community 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 Britannia Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Britannia 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 15 July 2026.