Primary school in Clitheroe, Lancashire
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Lowergate, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1AG
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 July 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 133
- Places
- 210
- How full
- 63% full — 133 of 210 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 57 / 76
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Ribble Valley 003C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 27%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 24%
- Households owning their home
- 50%
- Households in social housing
- 31%
- Households with no car
- 36%
- Adults economically inactive
- 46%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Zoe Mabbott
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Salthill
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- URN
- 152198
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St James' Church of England Primary School, ClitheroeVoluntary aided school | No grade | 51% | 0.2 mi |
| Clitheroe Brookside Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 50% | 0.4 mi |
| Clitheroe Pendle Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 68% | 0.5 mi |
| Edisford Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 81% | 0.6 mi |
| Moorland School LimitedOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 55% | 1.6 mi |
| Barrow URC Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | 73% | 1.9 mi |
| Chatburn Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 65% | 2.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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