Crawshawbooth Primary School

Community school·Primary school Rossendale, Lancashire·BB4 8AN
Composite score
51.7
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#6,630
National rank
#902
In North West
#192
In Lancashire
Top 45%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 43 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 43 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
0.9620220.9820230.9620240.9720250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Crawshawbooth Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
302
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,100
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Crawshawbooth Primary School at a glance

Located in Rossendale, Lancashire, Crawshawbooth Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 302 pupils aged 4 to 11. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 45% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Crawshawbooth Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 43 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Crawshawbooth Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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