Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Rossendale and DarwenConstituency

OL12 8DBPostcode

7.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 195 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 80%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

96%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

195

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 195
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
15 Nov 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.