Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Clitheroe, Lancashire·BB7 3JE
Composite score
43.9
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#9,520
National rank
#1375
In North West
#287
In Lancashire
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
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
93%
30 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8120221.0020231.1020240.8520251.072026

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

Lancashire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
196
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
4.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,296
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Clitheroe, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 196 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 18.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 104 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). Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 30 first choices for 28 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 4% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided 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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