Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Nelson, Lancashire·BB9 5BL
Composite score
64.1
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#2,832
National rank
#356
In North West
#73
In Lancashire
Top 19%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
20 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.33
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.9420241.1420251.332026

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 Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. 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
122
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,300
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Nelson, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 122 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 86% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with 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 among the top 19% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 20 first choices for 15 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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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