St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
About St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School in Great Harwood is a small state primary in the Lancashire local authority, sitting within the Hyndburn borough. Among the 480 primary schools in the county, it ranks 284th based on its Key Stage 2 results, placing it in the bottom half of schools regionally and nationally. The top-performing peers in Lancashire include Crawford Village Primary School, New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School, and St George's Church of England Primary School in Chorley, all of which score significantly higher on the same ranking metric. St Hubert's is a voluntary-aided Roman Catholic school with a mixed intake of 148 pupils, well below its capacity of 175. It is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 46 applications for just 15 places, all of which went to first-preference families, giving an oversubscription ratio of over three to one. The school is led by headteacher Julie Brooks and was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in October 2024, a rating it has held consistently since at least 2015.
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The full report on this school
What 27 parents told Ofsted, the inspection in plain English, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.
- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
29 Oct 2024From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.
Source: Ofsted, 27 Nov 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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