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Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge

PrimaryAges 3–11Voluntary aidedRoman Catholic

near Chipping, BB7 3BG · Lancashire local authority

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Getting in
6/6
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
25 pupils
36% of its 70 places
Free school meals
4%
4 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 25 pupils for 70 places
  • 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, March 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Chipping, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (6 of 6)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BB7 3) sold for a median £427,000; Chipping’s is £242,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge?

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

6
families put it first for September 2026
6
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
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

1.20 per place
78% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

20 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
25%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 55%Boys 45%
Its letter

No letter for Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge

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.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, March 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge

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

Home prices in BB7 3, the school’s postcode sector

Chipping property prices →
£427,000
median sale, 80 sales in 36 months · Chipping £242,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025BB7 3Chipping
BB7 3Chipping

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£675K
Semi-detached
£420K
Terraced
£311K
BB7 3Chipping

Homes in BB7 3 sell for well over Chipping’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 Chipping, BB7 3BG

Nearby

Primary schools near Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge

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

Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge: common questions

How hard is it to get into Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge?

For September 2026, 6 families put Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge first and all of them were offered a place; 6 places were offered in all.

What is Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (March 2025).

How much do houses cost near Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge?

Homes in its postcode sector, BB7 3, sold for a median £427,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (80 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; Chipping’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.