Castercliff Primary School | School performance

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

383

Pupils · 2024/25

49%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

383

Pupils · 2024/25

49%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

383

Pupils · 2024/25

49%

EAL · 2024/25

25%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 08/06/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLancashire

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Castercliff Primary School · Primary · Lancashire

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

57%

+19pp

74%56%38%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 57%

RWM higher standard

-2pp

16%10%4%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

72%

Reading higher standard

15%

Writing expected standard

63%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

70%

Maths higher standard

26%

Science expected standard

78%

SPAG expected standard

70%

SPAG higher standard

22%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

383

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

49%

FSM eligible

45%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

25%

Contact

Address

Marsden Hall Road North, Nelson, BB9 8JJ

Local authority

Lancashire

Website

www.castercliffprimaryacademy.co.uk

Telephone

01282617627

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	57%	4%	72%	15%	63%	9%	70%	26%	78%	70%	103.0	103.0	103.0	—	—	—	14%	383
2023/24	38%	6%	45%	11%	45%	8%	51%	9%	72%	53%	99.0	100.0	101.0	—	—	—	12%	402
2022/23	40%	5%	51%	14%	70%	19%	65%	5%	84%	58%	101.0	101.0	100.0	-2.40	+1.80	-1.10	13%	382
2018/19	61%	5%	66%	11%	73%	23%	80%	16%	82%	75%	102.0	105.0	105.0	+2.00	+2.00	+2.70	10%	318
2017/18	74%	16%	79%	26%	84%	24%	92%	37%	92%	87%	106.0	108.0	107.0	+1.70	+2.10	+4.40	—	304
2016/17	62%	5%	64%	13%	82%	13%	90%	13%	82%	77%	102.0	104.0	105.0	+4.00	+5.60	+5.60	13%	305

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	383	21.0	14%	49%	45%	7%	25%
2023/24	402	29.6	12%	48%	44%	8%	27%
2022/23	382	36.0	13%	49%	41%	8%	26%
2021/22	372	26.3	15%	45%	34%	8%	28%
2020/21	347	25.0	10%	40%	32%	—	—
2018/19	318	24.0	10%	38%	28%	4%	9%
2017/18	—	19.5	—	—	—	4%	8%
2016/17	305	23.5	13%	37%	30%	5%	11%