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Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Trough Road, Dunsop Bridge, Clitheroe BB7 3BG · thorneyholme.lancs.sch.uk · 01200 448276
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 25
- 36% of 70 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 4%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 14
- 70% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 7% who had a child bullied