Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Moor Lane
Padiham
Padiham St Leonard's Ce Va Primary
Padiham
Burnley
Lancashire
BB12 8HT
Phone 01282771470
Reference Number 119425

Padiham St Leonard’s Primary School has been rated as requiring improvement in key areas including the quality of education, behaviour, attitudes, and leadership. While the school has made strides in creating a broad curriculum and has effective early years provision, inconsistencies in curriculum delivery mean that some pupils, including those with special educational needs, are not achieving their potential. Despite the positive school environment where pupils are generally happy and safe, behaviour issues during unstructured times remain a concern. These factors hinder the school's overall effectiveness.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 334
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.9%
Girls: 49.1%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 41.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 19.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 28 20 48
2 22 15 37
3 20 27 47
4 25 21 46
5 18 27 45
6 30 18 48

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.3%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Pakistani 1.2%
African 0.9%
White, Other 0.6%
White & Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 08 May 2024
Date Report
08 May 2024 School inspection:
21 Mar 2023 School inspection
20 Jun 2017 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
12 Nov 2010 Curriculum and development visit
31 Oct 2007 Full inspection:
09 Jul 2007 Curriculum and development visit
02 Feb 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum.
  • Effective early years provision helps children develop fundamental knowledge and skills.
  • The school prioritizes attendance and takes action to address barriers.
  • Pupils enjoy extracurricular activities that enhance their personal development.

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistent delivery of curriculum leads to some pupils not achieving their potential.
  • Behaviour management policies are not consistently upheld, resulting in low-level disruptions.
  • Phonics support does not effectively address individual gaps in knowledge.
  • Robust checks on pupil learning are lacking, leading to unidentified misconceptions.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 60%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.4
Writing -0.8
Maths -1

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 13 0
Third Preference 22 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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