Gisburn Road Community Primary School
Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, BB18 5LS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Toor
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 119265
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282812287
About this school
Gisburn Road Community Primary School is a community primary school in Barnoldswick. 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 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 31 | 31 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 52% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 68% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 68% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 68% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Gisburn Road 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 | 65% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 202 |
| 2024/25 | 198 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gisburn Road Community Primary School compares
Gisburn Road Community Primary School ranked 171st of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.8% | 20.2% | 204 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 60% | 4% | 11.3% | 119 | 0.2 miles |
| Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School | 64% | 4.7% | 20.6% | 342 | 0.5 miles |
| Coates Lane Primary School | 37% | 6.3% | 23.5% | 157 | 0.6 miles |
| Salterforth Primary School | 62% | 4.2% | 16.5% | 102 | 1.2 miles |
| Kelbrook Primary School | 67% | 4.4% | 10.4% | 96 | 2.2 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)
- 20.2%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.75%
- Persistent absence
- 9.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Coates Lane Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Salterforth Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Kelbrook Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
Other schools in Barnoldswick
Gisburn Road Community Primary School ranks 2nd of the 7 ranked primary schools in Barnoldswick.
- Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Coates Lane Primary School Primary
- Earby Springfield Primary School Primary
- Kelbrook Primary School Primary
- Salterforth Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- West Craven High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gisburn Road Community Primary School teach?
- Gisburn Road Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Barnoldswick.
- Who is the headteacher of Gisburn Road Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gisburn Road Community Primary School is Mrs Laura Toor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gisburn Road Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gisburn Road 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 Gisburn Road Community Primary School?
- Gisburn Road Community Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Gisburn Road Community Primary School full?
- Gisburn Road Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 204 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 Gisburn Road Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gisburn Road Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gisburn Road Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Gisburn Road Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Gisburn Road Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gisburn Road Community Primary School rank locally?
- Gisburn Road Community Primary School ranked 171st of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gisburn Road Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Gisburn Road Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gisburn Road Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gisburn Road 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.