Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Nelson · BB9 0PY
Data updated
Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists
Ofsted graded this school Good in 2015. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.
Inspected 17 November 2015
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
408 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 23.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.stpaulsnelson.co.uk/
- URN
- 119438
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 53 families named it first for 57 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2015. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.93 first-choice applications per place57 places offered · 53 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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
- 1.34 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Nelson school admissions · Lancashire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 61% (Lancashire 8%, England 5%) · White British 18% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Lancashire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Lancashire 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Lancashire 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
1.72 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
36.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,900; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £180,733; in-year balance -£61,117
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
- 4 February 2025: Standards maintained
- 28 January 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 17 November 2015: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 28.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 24% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 22.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 20.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 45.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 72.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 26.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 17.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 16.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 20.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025225 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £102,500461 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £75,000–£155,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 23an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an 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
Nearby schools
- Marsden Community Primary School
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- Marsden Heights Community College
- McMillan Nursery School
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
- Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Lomeshaye Junior School
- Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School