Bacup Thorn Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Bacup, Lancashire
Bacup Thorn Primary School is a primary school in Bacup, Lancashire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Cowtoot Lane, Bacup, OL13 8EF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 253 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, thrive at this happy and welcoming school.”
- “There is a shared sense of community between staff, pupils, and their parents and carers.”
- “Pupils are taught how to recognise and manage their own emotions, which helps them to behave well.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, staff are not as adept at checking that pupils remember their learning over time.”
- “This means that some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge that are not identified and addressed swiftly enough.”
- “This hampers these pupils when the learning is revisited in subsequent years.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (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) | 61% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 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.
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Northern Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Sharneyford Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Britannia Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good