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Ribblesdale Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-5MixedLocal authority nursery school60 pupilsNurseryClitheroeLancashire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher11.0School workforce census
Pupils on roll60Census January 2026

Ribblesdale Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Clitheroe for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 60 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.

Queens Road, Lancashire, Clitheroe, BB7 1EL01200 423672ribblesdale-nur.lancs.sch.ukMs Susan Allan headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

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.

Pupils on roll60Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English17%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support8%5 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan3%2 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls25 / 35
White British pupils80%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (5), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll605652546045
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language17%9%17%15%18%22%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–13%8%17%15%7%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans–0%2%2%0%2%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers3.0full-time equivalent, 3 people
Pupils per teacher11.0Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants1.5full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,132
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£15,673England £7,738. Total £486k
Income per pupil£15,627England £7,697. Total £484k
Spent on teachers per pupil£5,676England £3,480
Money in reserve14%A healthy amount put by: £69k, £2,211 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£1,421it spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£15,673spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m42312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate55 per 1,000 people39% lower than the England average
Typical house price£275,000Ribble Valley
Nearest bus stop50 mHighfield Road, 23 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Ribblesdale SchoolCouncil140 m1,437No overall grade 202544Compare
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy250 m133Good 2023–Compare
St James' Church of England Primary School, ClitheroeChurch of England280 m262Not inspected21Compare
Clitheroe Brookside Primary SchoolCouncil720 m87Report card 20264Compare
Clitheroe Royal Grammar SchoolAcademy (grammar)740 m1,496Outstanding 202298Compare
Clitheroe Pendle Primary SchoolCouncil990 m349Good 202479Compare
Edisford Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles212Good 202088Compare
Moorland School LimitedIndependent1.0 miles220Not inspected–Compare
All schools in LancashireAll schools in ClitheroeBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Ribblesdale Nursery School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Ribblesdale Nursery School yet.

How many pupils does Ribblesdale Nursery School have?

60 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Queens Road, Lancashire, Clitheroe, BB7 1EL
Telephone
01200 423672
Website
www.ribblesdale-nur.lancs.sch.uk
Headteacher
Ms Susan Allan
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Lancashire
Ward
Littlemoor
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
119089 · LAESTAB 8881027
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from