Barnacre Road Primary School
Barnacre Road, Longridge, PR3 2PD
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Barnacre Road Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sue Farrimond
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 230
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 119808
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Barnacre Road Primary School was a foundation primary school in Lancashire. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 179 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Barnacre Road Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - |
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 Barnacre Road 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 | 59% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 227 |
| 2023/24 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Barnacre Road Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 80% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.5% | 15.1% | 179 | — |
| Barnacre Road Primary School | 41% | 5.3% | 21.5% | 201 | 0.0 miles |
| Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School | 67% | 5% | 25.6% | 199 | 0.1 miles |
| Longridge Church of England Primary School | 83% | 4.9% | 20.5% | 200 | 0.4 miles |
| Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge | 66% | 3.9% | 15.6% | 235 | 1.8 miles |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Goosnargh | 67% | 2.7% | 6.7% | 104 | 1.8 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.1%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.5%
- Persistent absence
- 13.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Barnacre Road Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Longridge
-
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Longridge Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Preston
-
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge1.8 miles
Primary · Preston
-
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Goosnargh1.8 miles
Primary · Preston
Common questions
- What year groups does Barnacre Road Primary School teach?
- Barnacre Road Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Lancashire.
- Has Barnacre Road Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Barnacre Road Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Barnacre Road Primary School?
- Barnacre Road Primary School had 179 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Barnacre Road Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Barnacre Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Barnacre Road 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 28 October 2024.