Whitefield Infant School and Nursery
Every Street, Nelson, BB9 7HF
336 pupils · 97% of 348 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 49.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 25 February 2025, published 1 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.14 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 83 | 95 | 190 | 83 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 88 | 88 | 189 | 88 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 99 | 204 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 74 | 70 | 174 | 73 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 71 | 70 | 136 | 71 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 107 | 191 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 85 | 107 | 198 | 85 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 84 | 97 | 148 | 84 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Lomeshaye Junior School 0.2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 km · Good — confirmed 2021 · previous system
- Marsden Community Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.8 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Bradley Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.