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Cherry Fold Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Cog Lane, Burnley BB11 5JS · cherryfold.lancs.sch.uk · 01282 426630
On the mapSearch near BB11 5JS
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lancashire 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 366
- 87% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 68.6%
- First language not English
- 31.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 38 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Lancashire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cherry Fold Community Primary School on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Apr 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 10
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied