Waterfoot Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Rossendale, Lancashire
Waterfoot Primary School is a primary school in Rossendale, Lancashire for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022.
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Key facts
- Address
- Wolfenden Green, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9DA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 296 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to Waterfoot Primary School.”
- “The school motto, ‘We think for ourselves but feel for others’, is truly at the heart of everything that leaders do.”
- “Parents and carers share their children’s positive views about the school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers are not using assessments effectively enough to pinpoint gaps in pupils’ learning.”
- “This is because the checks on learning that teachers make are sometimes not fully matched to the intended curriculum.”
- “This means that, in some subjects, teachers are less certain about what learning pupils should revisit before moving on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 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) | 73% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 27 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.
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- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch 0.6 mi Not judged
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good
- Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good