St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Rossendale and DarwenConstituency

OL13 8LDPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 125 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 14%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

125

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 125
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
26 May 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
23 Jul 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.