St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Great Harwood, Lancashire·BB6 7JQ
Composite score
17.6
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#14,565
National rank
#2267
In North West
#447
In Lancashire
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
27%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020231.0020240.9420250.802026

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

Every child who put St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood 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
145
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,352
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood at a glance

Located in Great Harwood, Lancashire, St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 145 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 27% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 30.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 24.2 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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