Colne Primet Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Dent Street
Colne
Lancashire
BB8 8JF
Phone 01282863970
Reference Number 139130

General Makeup

Number of pupils 864
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.27%
Girls: 48.73%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 34.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 35.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 90 75 165
8 78 91 169
9 87 89 176
10 94 87 181
11 94 79 173

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 49.1%
Pakistani 33.8%
White, Other 8.4%
White & Asian 2.5%
Unclassified 1.2%
Asian, Other 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
White & Black (African) 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date 2024-05-09
Date Description Report
2023-11-28 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-05-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-05-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-06-02 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-02-10 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-11-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 18.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 27.5% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

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.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 210 11
Third Preference 271 9
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Colne Primet Primary School
Tatton Street, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JE
0.09 miles
Pendle View Primary School
Gibfield Road, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JT
0.21 miles
Castercliff Primary School
Marsden Hall Road North, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 8JJ
0.57 miles
Colne Lord Street School
Lord Street, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 9AR
0.67 miles
Walton Lane Nursery School
Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BP
0.76 miles
West Street Community Primary School
West Street, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 0HW
0.98 miles
Bradley Primary School
Dover Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7RF
0.98 miles
Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy
Trent Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 0NX
1.03 miles
Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson
Holland Place, Off Reedyford Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 8HD
1.03 miles
Newtown Nursery School
West Street, Colne, BB8 0HP
1.15 miles
Bradley Nursery School
Bradley Road East, Nelson, BB9 7QH
1.15 miles
Walverden Primary School
Bracewell Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 0TL
1.18 miles
Barrowford School
Rushton Street, Barrowford, Barrowford Primary School, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 6EA
1.19 miles
Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School
Leeds Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 9TQ
1.2 miles
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Red Lane, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 7JR
1.34 miles
Park Primary School
Rutland Street, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 0QJ
1.36 miles
McMillan Nursery School
Railway Street, Nelson, BB9 9AG
1.45 miles
Al-Ikhlaas Primary School
35 Norfolk Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7SY
1.47 miles
Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
Every Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7HF
1.55 miles
Lomeshaye Junior School
Norfolk Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7SY
1.59 miles
Name Distance
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School
Gibfield Road, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JT
0.2 miles
Pendle Community High School & College
Oxford Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 8LF
0.44 miles
Pendle Vale College
Oxford Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 8LF
0.51 miles
The Nook School
Knotts Lane, Colne, BB8 8HH
0.73 miles
Nelson and Colne College
Scotland Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7YT
1.39 miles
Edenfield Girls' High School
Brunswick Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 0PQ
1.4 miles
Colne Park High School
Venables Avenue, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 7DP
1.68 miles
Marsden Heights Community College
Edge End Lane, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 0PR
2.08 miles
Rosa House School
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2.8 miles
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2.96 miles
Sir John Thursby Community College
Eastern Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 2AT
3.38 miles
Ridgewood Community High School
Eastern Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 2AT
3.41 miles
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Ormerod Road, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 3AA
4.16 miles
Olive High
Shorey Bank, Burnley, BB11 2RY
4.39 miles
West Craven High School
Kelbrook Road, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5TB
4.39 miles
Burnley College
Princess Way, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 0AN
4.44 miles
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4.71 miles
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4.79 miles
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