Best Primary Schools in Clitheroe

We checked all 17 primary schools in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and list every one: 12 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
17
Ranked
12
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Clitheroe. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Lancashire. Lancashire also has rankings for Preston, Chorley, Burnley, Lancaster, Accrington and all of Lancashire.

Ranked primary schools in Clitheroe

  1. 1

    Gisburn Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 140 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    94%
    Higher standard
    17%

  2. 2

    Edisford Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 212 pupils, inspected February 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    19%

  3. 3

    Whalley Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 315 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    12%

  4. 4

    Barrow URC Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 206 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    10%

  5. 5

    Clitheroe Pendle Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 349 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    14%

  6. 6

    St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green

    Local authority maintained, 110 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    7%

  7. 7

    Chatburn Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 132 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    6%

  8. 8

    Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 200 pupils, inspected February 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    7%

  9. 9

    St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe

    Local authority maintained, 262 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    51%
    Higher standard
    2%

  10. 10

    Clitheroe Brookside Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 87 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    10%

  11. 11

    St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden

    Local authority maintained, 69 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%

  12. 12

    Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 29 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    14%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Clitheroe without a rank