St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup
Huttock End Lane, Bacup, OL13 8LD
125 pupils · 86% of 145 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Free school meals
- 55.9%
Ofsted
Needs attention (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 28 April 2026, published 24 June 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 50% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.9 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 10 | 9 | 24 | 10 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 14 | 14 | 35 | 14 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 12 | 12 | 26 | 12 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 11 | 10 | 26 | 11 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 13 | 9 | 27 | 12 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 20 | 21 | 39 | 20 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 11 | 9 | 30 | 10 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 14 | 14 | 36 | 14 |
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
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School 0.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Waterfoot Primary School 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Bacup Thorn Primary School 2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 2.1 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School 2.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · 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.