Edenfield Girls' High School
Brunswick Street, Nelson, BB9 0PQ
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Dr Mohammad Sayeid-Al-Jamee
- Religious ethos
- Islam
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 130
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- URN
- 147301
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282476011
About this school
Edenfield Girls' High School is a girls' independent school in Lancashire. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 102 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Edenfield Girls' High School under its current framework. 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
Edenfield Girls' High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2019, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 13 | 23 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.1 | 50.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23.1% | 47.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84.6% | 73.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 61.5% | 52.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Edenfield Girls' High 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 | — | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.1 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.1 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 76 |
| 2023/24 | 95 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 0
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Al-Ikhlaas Primary School0.5 miles
Independent schools · Nelson
-
Pendle Community High School & College1.0 miles
Special schools · Nelson
-
Grow Independent School1.0 miles
Special schools · Barrowford
-
Pendle View Primary School1.2 miles
Special schools · Colne
-
Silver Birch School1.6 miles
Special schools · Burnley
Common questions
- What ages does Edenfield Girls' High School teach?
- Edenfield Girls' High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is an independent school in Lancashire.
- Who is the headteacher of Edenfield Girls' High School?
- The headteacher of Edenfield Girls' High School is Dr Mohammad Sayeid-Al-Jamee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Edenfield Girls' High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Edenfield Girls' High 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 many pupils are at Edenfield Girls' High School?
- Edenfield Girls' High School has 102 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Edenfield Girls' High School full?
- Edenfield Girls' High School has capacity for 130 pupils and 102 on roll (78%), 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 Edenfield Girls' High School a faith school?
- No. Edenfield Girls' High School has no designated religious character.
- How have Edenfield Girls' High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.1 in 2023/24 and 50.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Edenfield Girls' High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Edenfield Girls' High 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 24 July 2026.