Grow Independent School
Grow Independent School is an independent special school in Barrowford for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 16 pupils and room for 18.
Lower Clough Business Centre, Pendle Street, Barrowford, BB9 8PH01282 577400growschool.co.ukHeadteacher Sarah Hawthorne headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
3 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lancashire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 16 | 11 | 2 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Lancashire Learning Group | Further education | 330 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 440 m | 121 | Outstanding 2023 | 93 | Compare |
| Barrowford School | Council | 580 m | 312 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson | Roman Catholic | 690 m | 200 | Good 2024 | 54 | Compare |
| Al-Ikhlaas Primary School | Independent | 900 m | 142 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bradley Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 417 | Good 2024 | 54 | Compare |
| Lomeshaye Junior School | Council | 0.7 miles | 352 | Good 2022 | 81 | Compare |
| Bradley Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 173 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Grow Independent School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Grow Independent School yet.
How many pupils does Grow Independent School have?
16 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 18 places, so it is 89% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Lower Clough Business Centre, Pendle Street, Barrowford, BB9 8PH
- Telephone
- 01282 577400
- Website
- www.growschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Sarah Hawthorne
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Barrowford & Pendleside
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 25 September 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149952 · LAESTAB 8886132
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.