Schools in Pendle[1]

Local authority district E07000122 · 54 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 57 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 24 (42%)[4]
second 20%: 14 (25%)[4]
middle 20%: 11 (19%)[4]
fourth 20%: 8 (14%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 0 (0%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

Secondary schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Colne Park High School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5]
Colne Primet Academy	11–16[2]	A8 37 2025/26[5]
Marsden Heights Community College	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5]
Pendle Vale College	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5]
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5]
West Craven High School	11–16[2]	A8 35 2025/26[5]

Primary schools (37)

School	Ages	Headline results
Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[6]
Barrowford School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[6]
Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[6]
Blacko Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[6]
Bradley Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[6]
Castercliff Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[6]
Coates Lane Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 37% 2024/25[6]
Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[6]
Colne Lord Street School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[6]
Colne Primet Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[6]
Earby Springfield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[6]
Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[6]
Gisburn Road Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[6]
Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[6]
Higham St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[6]
Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson	5–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[6]
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[6]
Kelbrook Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[6]
Laneshaw Bridge Primary	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[6]
Lomeshaye Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[6]
Marsden Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[6]
Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[6]
Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[6]
Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[6]
Park Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[6]
Pendle Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[6]
Reedley Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[6]
Roughlee Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 100% 2024/25[6]
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[6]
Salterforth Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[6]
St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 18% 2024/25[6]
St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[6]
Trawden Forest Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[6]
Walverden Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[6]
West Street Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[6]
Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[6]
Whitefield Infant School and Nursery	3–7[2]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Al-Ikhlaas Primary School	3–11[2]
Edenfield Girls' High School	11–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Grow Independent School	11–16[2]
Pendle Community High School & College	11–19[2]
Pendle View Primary School	2–11[2]
The Nook School	11–18[2]

Nursery schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bradley Nursery School	2–4[2]
McMillan Nursery School	2–5[2]
Newtown Nursery School	0–4[2]
Walton Lane Nursery School	3–5[2]
Woodfield Nursery School	2–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.