Primary schools in Nelson
17 primary schools in Nelson, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Nelson in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Nelson first 587 times for 568 places: 1.03 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lancashire authority's 472 schools. 8 of the 16 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 5 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.20 miles (Marsden Community Primary School) to 3.60 miles (Blacko Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
- Bradley Primary School
- Castercliff Primary School
- Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy
- Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson
- Lomeshaye Junior School
- Marsden Community Primary School
- Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School
- Walverden Primary School
- Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School
- Blacko Primary School
- Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Pendle Primary Academy
- Roughlee Church of England Primary School
- Barrowford School
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
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