# West Craven High School

West Craven High School is a secondary school in Pendle, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 528 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E142856. [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 528
- Council: Pendle
- URN: 142856

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), July 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 2 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Requires improvement
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at West Craven High School was 35.0, against 39.3 in Pendle and 46.2 in England.
21.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Pendle | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 35.0 | 39.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 21.7% | 32.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47.3% | 54% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 129 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barnoldswick-church-of-england-controlled-primary-school-e119360): 190 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Gisburn Road Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gisburn-road-community-primary-school-e119265): 920 m. Primary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Salterforth Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/salterforth-primary-school-e119267): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Coates Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coates-lane-primary-school-e119335): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e150299): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142856)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142856)

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