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Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Voluntary aidedChurch of England

near Bonds, PR3 1SR · Lancashire local authority

Bonds’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England

Getting in
3/3
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
39 pupils
65% of its 60 places
Free school meals
27%
27 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 39 pupils for 60 places
  • Ofsted report card, March 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Bonds, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (3 of 3)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PR3 1) sold for a median £253,000; Bonds’s is £259,750
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

3
families put it first for September 2026
3
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
2019202020212023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Lancashire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.37 per place
73% got their first choice
1.00 per place
93% got their first choice
Calder Vale St John CofE Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.68 per place
100% got their first choice
0.67 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

37 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
10.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
24.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting March 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, December 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PR3 1, the school’s postcode sector

Bonds property prices →
£253,000
median sale, 453 sales in 36 months · Bonds £259,750

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025PR3 1Bonds
PR3 1Bonds

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£373K
Semi-detached
£238K
Terraced
£197K
Flat
£139K
PR3 1Bonds

Homes in PR3 1 sell for about the same as Bonds’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

near Bonds, PR3 1SR

Nearby

Primary schools near Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School?

For September 2026, 3 families put Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 3 places were offered in all.

What is Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (March 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, PR3 1, sold for a median £253,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (453 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bonds’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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