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Sharneyford Primary School

Rossendale, OL13 9UQPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jun 2022
KS2 Results
78%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
8 1st-choice / 9 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#1993 of 13,686 nationally

About Sharneyford Primary School

Sharneyford Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained consistently across its two most recent inspections. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard attainment, which sits at 78%. That figure places Sharneyford fourth out of 31 primary schools in the Rossendale local authority area, putting it in the top 13% locally and the top 15% nationally. In the wider North West region, it ranks 258th out of 2,065 similar schools. The school’s score of 78 on this measure also compares favourably with the Lancashire local authority average of 60 for the same metric, a gap of 18 percentage points that underlines the school’s strong academic standing relative to its peers.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressTodmorden Road, Bacup, Rossendale, OL13 9UQ
HeadteacherSarah Smith
Local AuthorityLancashire
Number of Pupils63
Free School Meals (FSM)14.3%
School Capacity63 / 70 (90% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

9 Jun 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (9 Jun 2022): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 16 May 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:20

Breakfast club

07:30-08:55

After-school care

15:20-17:30

Source: sharneyford.lancsngfl.ac.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Sharneyford Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.