Primary school

Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England/Methodist
  • Lancashire
  • PR5 6ED
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,195 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 55%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 46%46%2016/17: top 36%2017/18: top 10%10% · 2017/182018/19: top 56%2022/23: top 82%2023/24: top 79%2024/25: top 55%No exams

Against North West

Expected standard, RWM63% · North West 63%5/10 Middle
Higher standard, RWM3% · North West 6%3/10 Below
Reading score105 · North West 1054/10 Below
Maths score104 · North West 1054/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 57% · 21 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 69% · 26 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 85% · 20 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 65% · 23 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 47% · 30 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 50% · 28 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 63% · 30 pupils · North West 63%85%47%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 21 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 8% · 26 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 10% · 20 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 13% · 23 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 3% · 30 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 0% · 28 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 3% · 30 pupils · North West 6%13%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 21 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 105 · 26 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 108 · 20 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 103 · 23 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 105 · 30 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 102 · 28 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 105 · 30 pupils · North West 105108102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 21 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 105 · 26 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 106 · 20 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 105 · 23 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 101 · 30 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 102 · 28 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 104 · 30 pupils · North West 105106101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
24 of 24 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2424
2nd220
3rd160

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactory
  2. 2011Satisfactory
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026195
Free school meals (past 6 years)28.2%
First language not English11.3%
SEN support22.1%
EHC plan0.0%
Absence (sessions missed)5.7%
Persistently absent pupils14.8%

Girls 53.9%Boys 46.1%

92.9% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher25.0
Pupils per adult12.7
  • Classroom teachers 5.8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 6.7
  • Other support 3

Teachers 7.8 FTE · Whole workforce 17.5 · 28 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£6,972
Spend per pupil£7,015
Staff spend per pupil£5,452
Reserve per pupil£440
  • +£85,860revenue reserve
  • −£8,307in-year balance

Grants £6,806 · self-generated £167 · premises £264 per pupil