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St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger

Primary · Burnley · BB10 4SU

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 January 2023

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At a glance

201 pupils · 96% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.stjohnscliviger.co.uk
URN
119432

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion not stated
3.1 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers75%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys · 34 miles awayGood52%
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, LawshallBury St Edmunds · 164 miles awayOutstanding80%
Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · 182 miles awayGood83%
Toft Hill Primary SchoolBishop Auckland · 64 miles awayGood74%
Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior SchoolWorkington · 83 miles awayGood42%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot · 34 miles awayGood56%
St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and NurseryTelford · 68 miles awayOutstanding76%
Puriton Primary SchoolBridgwater · 182 miles awayGood79%
Barford St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolWarwick · 107 miles awayNo current grade79%
Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary SchoolLeyland · 21 miles awayGood67%
Woolacombe SchoolWoolacombe · 197 miles awayGood70%
Jerome Primary SchoolCannock · 75 miles awayGood84%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 98% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · 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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
24.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,106; 22.2% 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£7,256
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £111,409; in-year balance -£25,442

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.4%62.3%
Social housing3.6%17.1%
Privately rented16%20.5%
Detached houses41.1%22.9%
Flats3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024870 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£195,00020 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£151,000–£254,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (12)£178,000

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

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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