St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe

General Information

Address: Greenacre Street, CLITHEROE, BB7 1ED
Phone: 01200423599
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Leeming
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Number of pupils: 262
School capacity: 315
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 38
% eligible for free school meals: 14.5%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

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Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 7.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 10 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £6,331 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #25 of 32 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#23Read St John's CofE Primary School£6,465
#24Barrow URC Primary School£6,376
#25St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe£6,331
#26Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,296
#27Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge£6,282

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge£19,468
#2Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School£16,602
#3Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£14,114
#4St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chipping£11,041
#5Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£10,774
#6Brabins Endowed School£9,547
#7St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden£9,461
#8St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston£8,399
#9Clitheroe Brookside Primary School£8,205
#10Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£8,102
#11St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green£7,626
#12Barnacre Road Primary School£7,415
#13Ribblesdale School£7,413
#14Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School£7,343
#15Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,297
#16Sabden Primary School£6,932
#17Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School£6,838
#18Chatburn Church of England Primary School£6,711
#19Salesbury Church of England Primary School£6,632
#20Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School£6,626
#21Gisburn Primary School£6,529
#22Edisford Primary School£6,486
#23Read St John's CofE Primary School£6,465
#24Barrow URC Primary School£6,376
#25St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe£6,331
#26Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,296
#27Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge£6,282
#28Longridge Church of England Primary School£6,210
#29Whalley Church of England Primary School£6,201
#30Clitheroe Pendle Primary School£6,192
#31Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School£5,814
#32St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho£5,535

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