Laneshaw Bridge Primary

Academy converter·Primary school Colne, Lancashire·BB8 7JE
Composite score
61.4
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National rank
#445
In North West
#91
In Lancashire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
1.3020221.1020231.1720241.1320251.002026

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

Every child who put Laneshaw Bridge Primary 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
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,059
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Laneshaw Bridge Primary

Laneshaw Bridge Primary is a primary school in Colne, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 204 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. 73% 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 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% 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 Laneshaw Bridge Primary their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 24.9 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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