Clitheroe Brookside Primary School
Bright Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1NW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Beverley Allan
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- URN
- 119321
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01200425564
About this school
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School is a community primary school in Clitheroe. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 87 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- 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 | 23 | 27 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 30% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 4% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 48% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 37% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 44% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 97.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Clitheroe Brookside 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 | 78% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 159 |
| 2023/24 | 147 |
| 2024/25 | 135 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Clitheroe Brookside Primary School compares
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School ranked 338th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% 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 | 50% | 4.8% | 25.2% | 87 | — |
| Clitheroe Pendle Primary School | 68% | 3.2% | 7.5% | 349 | 0.3 miles |
| St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 133 | 0.4 miles |
| St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe | 51% | 4.2% | 18.4% | 262 | 0.6 miles |
| Edisford Primary School | 81% | 4.1% | 11.3% | 212 | 1.0 miles |
| Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 55% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 200 | 1.6 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
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 8 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.19%
- English as an additional language
- 6.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.79%
- Persistent absence
- 14.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Clitheroe Pendle Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Clitheroe
-
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Clitheroe
-
St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe0.6 miles
Primary · Clitheroe
-
Edisford Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Clitheroe
-
Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Clitheroe
Other schools in Clitheroe
Clitheroe Brookside Primary School ranks 10th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Clitheroe.
- Barrow URC Primary School Primary
- Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Chatburn Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clitheroe Pendle Primary School Primary
- Edisford Primary School Primary
- Gisburn Primary School Primary
- Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School Primary
- St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe Primary
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green Primary
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden Primary
- St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Clitheroe Brookside Primary School teach?
- Clitheroe Brookside Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Clitheroe.
- Who is the headteacher of Clitheroe Brookside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Clitheroe Brookside Primary School is Mrs Beverley Allan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Clitheroe Brookside Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Clitheroe Brookside 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 Clitheroe Brookside Primary School?
- Clitheroe Brookside Primary School has 87 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Clitheroe Brookside Primary School full?
- Clitheroe Brookside Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 87 on roll (41%), 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 Clitheroe Brookside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Clitheroe Brookside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Clitheroe Brookside Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Clitheroe Brookside Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Clitheroe Brookside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Clitheroe Brookside Primary School rank locally?
- Clitheroe Brookside Primary School ranked 338th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% 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 Clitheroe Brookside Primary School's absence rate?
- Clitheroe Brookside 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 Clitheroe Brookside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Clitheroe Brookside 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.