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EnglandNorth WestPendleBB12 9EDWheatley Lane Methodist Primary School
Primary

Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School

Primary

Pendle · Burnley · BB12 9ED www.wheatleylane.lancs.sch.uk/

Pupils
208
cap. 210
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Academy
72%
RWM expected · 2024/25
10%
RWM higher · 2024/25
208
Pupils · 2024/25
1%
EAL · 2024/25
11%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
72%
RWM expected · 2024/25
10%
RWM higher · 2024/25
208
Pupils · 2024/25
1%
EAL · 2024/25
11%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 14/03/2023

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityLancashire
PhasePrimary
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio23.5:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterMethodist
StatusOpen

Overview of Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School · Primary · Lancashire

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard
72%
72%72%72%
'25
'25 · 72%
RWM higher standard
10%
10%10%10%
'25
'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
86%
Reading higher standard
28%
Writing expected standard
83%
Writing higher standard
10%
Maths expected standard
90%
Maths higher standard
31%
Science expected standard
83%
SPAG expected standard
93%
SPAG higher standard
24%
Reading scaled score
106.0
Maths scaled score
106.0
GPS scaled score
107.0

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
208
Pupil : teacher ratio
23.5
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
1%
FSM eligible
8%
SEN
17%
Overall absence
4%
Persistent absence
11%

Contact

Address
Fence, Burnley, BB12 9ED
Local authority
Lancashire
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

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

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2572%10%86%28%83%10%90%31%83%93%106.0106.0107.017%208

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.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2520823.117%1%8%4%11%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.