Coates Lane Primary School
Kirkstall Drive, Barnoldswick, BB18 6EZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Toddington
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 157
- URN
- 119335
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282812203
About this school
Coates Lane Primary School is a community primary school in Barnoldswick. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 157 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Coates Lane 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 24 | 27 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 41% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 74% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 56% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.40 | - | - |
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 Coates Lane 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 | 50% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 193 |
| 2023/24 | 191 |
| 2024/25 | 183 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coates Lane Primary School compares
Coates Lane Primary School ranked 403rd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37% | 6.3% | 23.5% | 157 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 60% | 4% | 11.3% | 119 | 0.5 miles |
| Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School | 64% | 4.7% | 20.6% | 342 | 0.5 miles |
| Gisburn Road Community Primary School | 67% | 4.8% | 20.2% | 204 | 0.6 miles |
| Salterforth Primary School | 62% | 4.2% | 16.5% | 102 | 1.1 miles |
| Thornton in Craven Community Primary School | 85% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 91 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.5%
- English as an additional language
- 5.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.25%
- Persistent absence
- 12.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Gisburn Road Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Salterforth Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Barnoldswick
-
Thornton in Craven Community Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Thornton-in-Craven
Other schools in Barnoldswick
Coates Lane Primary School ranks 7th of the 7 ranked primary schools in Barnoldswick.
- Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Earby Springfield Primary School Primary
- Gisburn Road Community 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 ages does Coates Lane Primary School teach?
- Coates Lane Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Barnoldswick.
- Who is the headteacher of Coates Lane Primary School?
- The headteacher of Coates Lane Primary School is Mr David Toddington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Coates Lane Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coates Lane 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 Coates Lane Primary School?
- Coates Lane Primary School has 157 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Coates Lane Primary School full?
- Coates Lane Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 157 on roll (75%), 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 Coates Lane Primary School a faith school?
- No. Coates Lane Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Coates Lane Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Coates Lane Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Coates Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coates Lane Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Coates Lane Primary School ranked 403rd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coates Lane Primary School's absence rate?
- Coates Lane Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coates Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coates Lane 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.