Green Haworth Church of England Primary School

About Green Haworth Church of England Primary School

Green Haworth Church of England Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections. The most recent graded inspection in 2017 rated overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and early years provision all as Good, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2022 confirmed the school remains Good. However, the school’s academic outcomes tell a more complicated story. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, just 18% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is dramatically below the Lancashire local authority average of 60%, and places the school at the very bottom of the Hyndburn district — ranked 31st out of 31 primary schools. The picture is uneven across subjects: 64% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, compared with 36% in reading and only 18% in maths. No pupils reached the higher standard in any of the three subjects.

The school’s average scaled scores reflect these challenges. In reading, pupils averaged 96, and in maths just 93 — both below the national benchmark of 100. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Nationally, the school sits in the bottom 1% of all primary schools for the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. In the North West region, it ranks 2,041st out of 2,065 schools. The school has 60 pupils on roll against a capacity of 84, and a third of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average. The Ofsted report does note Good leadership and management, and the school has held a Good rating consistently since at least 2012.

Despite the academic results, the school offers a range of facilities including a forest school, art studios, an ICT suite, a sports hall and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, football, rounders, dance and tennis, and there are clubs for book, science and art. The school’s SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, physical disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 reception intake, the school was oversubscribed: 28 applications for 12 places, with 10 first-preference offers made. This suggests strong local demand despite the academic data. Green Haworth may suit families who prioritise a small, church-affiliated primary with a forest school and strong SEND support, and who are comfortable supplementing core academic learning at home.

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