Crawshawbooth Primary School
Burnley Road, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, BB4 8AN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Willan
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 296
- URN
- 119313
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706228664
About this school
Crawshawbooth Primary School is a community primary school in Rossendale. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 296 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Crawshawbooth 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 8 March 2023, 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 | 47 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 71% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 13% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 78% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 82% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 87% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 Crawshawbooth 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 | 60% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 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 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 305 |
| 2023/24 | 300 |
| 2024/25 | 302 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crawshawbooth Primary School compares
Crawshawbooth Primary School ranked 178th 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 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 296 | — |
| Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 44% | 4.8% | 14.3% | 276 | 1.4 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall | 50% | 5.5% | 23.4% | 182 | 1.7 miles |
| St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall | 81% | 3.5% | 14.1% | 211 | 1.7 miles |
| Water Primary School | 36% | 4.7% | 28.5% | 116 | 1.8 miles |
| St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School | 71% | 4.5% | 23.3% | 133 | 1.9 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)
- 9.93%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 3.88%
- Persistent absence
- 6.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Rawtenstall
-
St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall1.7 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall1.7 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
Water Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Rossendale
-
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Accrington
Other schools in Rossendale
Crawshawbooth Primary School ranks 7th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Rossendale.
- 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
- Waterfoot Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Crawshawbooth Primary School teach?
- Crawshawbooth Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Rossendale.
- Who is the headteacher of Crawshawbooth Primary School?
- The headteacher of Crawshawbooth Primary School is Mr Chris Willan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Crawshawbooth Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crawshawbooth 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 Crawshawbooth Primary School?
- Crawshawbooth Primary School has 296 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Crawshawbooth Primary School full?
- Crawshawbooth 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 Crawshawbooth Primary School a faith school?
- No. Crawshawbooth Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crawshawbooth Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Crawshawbooth Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Crawshawbooth Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% 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 Crawshawbooth Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Crawshawbooth Primary School ranked 178th 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 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crawshawbooth Primary School's absence rate?
- Crawshawbooth Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crawshawbooth Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crawshawbooth 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.