St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
Rushton Street, Great Harwood, BB6 7JQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Miss Fiona Hadfield
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 189
- Pupils on roll
- 135
- URN
- 119646
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254884533
About this school
St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Great Harwood. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 135 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood, 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 57% | 27% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 74% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 61% | 36% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 43% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood 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 | 56% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 27% | 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 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 156 |
| 2023/24 | 147 |
| 2024/25 | 145 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood compares
St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood ranked 427th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 27% | 5% | 33.8% | 135 | — |
| Great Harwood Primary School | 52% | 6.5% | 43.9% | 210 | 0.0 miles |
| Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School | 44% | 5.7% | 45.1% | 158 | 0.3 miles |
| Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 59% | 4% | 32.3% | 180 | 0.5 miles |
| St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood | 54% | 3.9% | 11.5% | 137 | 0.8 miles |
| Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 60% | 3.7% | 31% | 188 | 1.0 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)
- 33.79%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.03%
- Persistent absence
- 12.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Great Harwood Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood0.8 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Blackburn
Common questions
- What ages does St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood teach?
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Great Harwood.
- Who is the headteacher of St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood?
- The headteacher of St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is Miss Fiona Hadfield, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood, 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 St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood?
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood has 135 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood full?
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood has capacity for 189 pupils and 135 on roll (71%), 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 St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood a faith school?
- Yes. St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Does St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood as having no nursery classes.
- How have St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 27% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood ranked 427th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's absence rate?
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood'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.