Gisburn Road Community Primary School
Primary schoolGisburn Road Community Primary School is a primary school in Pendle, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 204 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Gisburn Road Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)320 m
- Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- West Craven High SchoolSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. Attainment 8 of 35.0 (2025/26, provisional)920 m
- Coates Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- Salterforth Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Pendle
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).