Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School
Lane End Road, Bacup, OL13 9RR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Deanne Marsh
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 88
- URN
- 119191
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706877900
About this school
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School is a community primary school in Bacup. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 88 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bacup St Saviour's 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 17 July 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 43% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 64% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 57% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 64% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
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 Bacup St Saviour's 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 | 57% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 96 |
| 2024/25 | 93 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School compares
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School ranked 220th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 4.7% | 35.5% | 88 | — |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 15% | 7.9% | 76.2% | 94 | 0.7 miles |
| Britannia Community Primary School | 66% | 3.4% | 12.4% | 204 | 0.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup | 50% | 6.5% | 60.7% | 125 | 0.9 miles |
| Bacup Thorn Primary School | 61% | 4.5% | 40.5% | 253 | 1.0 miles |
| Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School | 37% | 5.4% | 35.9% | 221 | 1.0 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)
- 35.48%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.66%
- Persistent absence
- 8.99%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
Britannia Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup0.9 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
Bacup Thorn Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bacup
Other schools in Bacup
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School ranks 2nd of the 8 ranked primary schools in Bacup.
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bacup Thorn Primary School Primary
- Britannia Community 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 ages does Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School teach?
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bacup.
- Who is the headteacher of Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School is Ms Deanne Marsh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bacup St Saviour's 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 Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School?
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School has 88 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School full?
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 88 on roll (84%), 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 Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Bacup St Saviour's Community 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 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School ranked 220th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bacup St Saviour's 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.