Multi-academy trust
Pendle Education Trust
5 schools across 1 local authority in North West, teaching 2,426 pupils.
The trust at a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Primary
- 3
- Secondary
- 2
- Pupils
- 2,426
- Average Attainment 8
- 36.4
- Average KS2 expected standard
- 52%
across its secondaries
across its primaries
Across the 5 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits below the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.
Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.87 (interval -1.05 to -0.70). The interval sits entirely below zero, so this looks like a real shortfall rather than noise. Weighted by 301 pupils across 2 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).
Ofsted across the trust
4 of the trust's 5 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 1 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.
Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 2 Good, 2 Requires improvement; 1 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.
Schools in Pendle Education Trust
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castercliff Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Nelson | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Casterton Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Burnley | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Pendle Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nelson | Report card 2025 | — | — | |
| Colne Primet AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Colne | Requires improvement 2023 | 35.4 | -0.77-1.01 to -0.54 | |
| West Craven High SchoolAcademy converter | Barnoldswick | Requires improvement 2024 | 37.4 | -0.99-1.25 to -0.73 |
Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.