Walverden Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Nelson, Lancashire
Walverden Primary School is a primary school in Nelson, Lancashire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023.
Key facts
- Address
- Bracewell Street, Nelson, BB9 0TL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 448 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Staff and pupils at Walverden Primary School are caring and welcoming.”
- “Pupils, including children in early years, enjoy coming to school.”
- “They value the nurture that they receive from leaders and their teachers.”
To improve
- “Although the outcomes at the end of the Reception Year and Year 2 suggest that pupils in this school do not achieve well, this does not accurately reflect how well pupils learn.”
- “This is not the case for a few other subjects, however.”
- “In these areas, leaders have not considered how pupils’ new learning will connect with what they already know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 65% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Good
- Marsden Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Bradley Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Whitefield Infant School and Nursery 0.7 mi Not judged
- Castercliff Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good