Waterfoot Primary School
Wolfenden Green, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9DA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kelly Devine
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 296
- URN
- 119199
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706830639
About this school
Waterfoot Primary School is a community primary school in Rossendale. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 296 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Waterfoot 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 14 December 2022, 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 | 46 | 42 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 52% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 60% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 64% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 74% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
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 Waterfoot 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 | 52% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 312 |
| 2023/24 | 300 |
| 2024/25 | 299 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Waterfoot Primary School compares
Waterfoot Primary School ranked 111th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5% | 20.7% | 296 | — |
| Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School | 20% | 7.5% | 51.7% | 112 | 0.6 miles |
| St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch | 74% | 3.3% | 12.1% | 152 | 0.6 miles |
| St Anne's Church of England Primary School | 71% | 4.7% | 35.3% | 186 | 0.7 miles |
| Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School | 37% | 5.4% | 35.9% | 221 | 0.9 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup | 50% | 6.5% | 60.7% | 125 | 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)
- 20.74%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 4.97%
- Persistent absence
- 13.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch0.6 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
St Anne's Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bacup
-
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup1.1 miles
Primary · Bacup
Other schools in Rossendale
Waterfoot Primary School ranks 4th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Rossendale.
- Crawshawbooth Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Broadway Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Primary School Primary
- Helmshore Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall Primary
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden Primary
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch Primary
- Water Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Waterfoot Primary School teach?
- Waterfoot Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Rossendale.
- Who is the headteacher of Waterfoot Primary School?
- The headteacher of Waterfoot Primary School is Mrs Kelly Devine, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Waterfoot Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Waterfoot 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 Waterfoot Primary School?
- Waterfoot Primary School has 296 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Waterfoot Primary School full?
- Waterfoot Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 296 on roll (94%), 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 Waterfoot Primary School a faith school?
- No. Waterfoot Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Waterfoot Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Waterfoot Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Waterfoot 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 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Waterfoot Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Waterfoot Primary School ranked 111th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Waterfoot Primary School's absence rate?
- Waterfoot Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Waterfoot Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Waterfoot 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.