Britannia Community Primary School

LancashireCommunity school

Rochdale Road, Bacup, OL13 9TS

Headteacher: Mrs N LongstaffSchool website ↗Pupils: 209 (capacity: 225)
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
91% of first-choice applicants offered a place
66%
Reading, Writing & Maths
91%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
66.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
3.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 76%·Writing 72%·Maths 83%All three 66%
Reading
Expected76%
Exceeding48%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected72%
Exceeding3%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected83%
Exceeding28%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
29of 32 (90.6%)
How many applied in total?
82

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
10.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
17.0%
Boys and girls
44%girls·56%boys
92 girls, 117 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 81% (2017/18), currently 66%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1653.0%3.0%-1.4-0.1-1.1
2016/1774.0%3.0%-0.6+0.2-0.1
2017/1881.0%19.0%+2.4+1.0+1.6
2018/1960.0%17.0%-0.6-0.2+1.9
2022/2355.0%6.0%-0.7-0.1-1.5
2023/2475.0%9.0%---
2024/2566.0%3.0%---