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Haslingden Broadway Primary School

Primary · Rossendale · BB4 4EH

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 January 2025

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At a glance

207 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.broadway.lancs.sch.uk/
URN
119326

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.27 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.8 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its inspection on 14 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.27 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 38 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.8 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.8 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
48%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school48%
Median of its 12 closest peers50.5%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Probus Primary SchoolTruro · 260 miles awayNo current grade67%
Reepham Primary SchoolNorwich · 156 miles awayGood77%
Coughton CofE Primary SchoolAlcester · 102 miles awayGood47%
Dalton St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolDalton-in-Furness · 47 miles awayGood70%
St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary SchoolSoutham · 108 miles awayNo current grade48%
Cherhill CofE SchoolCalne · 157 miles awayGood48%
Boughton Monchelsea Primary SchoolMaidstone · 208 miles awayGood47%
Ann Edwards Church of England Primary SchoolCirencester · 141 miles awayGood45%
Frodsham Manor House Primary SchoolFrodsham · 32 miles awayGood81%
Much Wenlock Primary SchoolMuch Wenlock · 77 miles awayExpected standard66%
Clenchwarton Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 128 miles awayGood53%
St Barnabas Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 155 miles awayNeeds attention46%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Lancashire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.43 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 15% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2023 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 17 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 64.1%, 8.3 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,150; 11.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,630
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £118,782; in-year balance -£15,178

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.5%62.3%
Social housing3.3%17.1%
Privately rented19.2%20.5%
Detached houses13.6%22.9%
Flats10.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025365 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£230,000214 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£309,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (63)£340,000
Semi-detached (71)£230,000
Terraced (70)£178,000
Flat (10)£151,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.29 km, 2026 entry): 378 sales, median £239,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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