Schools in Bacup
Bacup has 10 schools in Rossendale, coordinated by Lancashire County Council, including 8 primaries and Fearns Community Sports College serving secondary-age pupils. Three schools hold a religious character. No schools are currently oversubscribed, so most families gain a place at their preferred school through the standard admissions round.
Four of the six Ofsted-rated schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating. Lancashire operates a non-selective secondary system and Bacup's secondary provision is served by a single community sports college. The Rossendale valley setting means several of the smaller village primaries serve distinct communities in Stacksteads and Waterfoot as well as Bacup itself.
School demand in Bacup
Across the 9 schools in Bacup with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 84%. None are currently over capacity, but catchment distance still applies in any year a school is oversubscribed.
3 schools in Bacup have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
2 of the schools in Bacup are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Lancashire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
6 of the schools in Bacup have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Bacup (8)
Britannia Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bacup · OL13 9TS
Northern Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bacup · OL13 8PH
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bacup · OL13 9RR
Sharneyford Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bacup · OL13 9UQ
Bacup Thorn Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bacup · OL13 8EF
Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Bacup · OL13 0QW
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Bacup · OL13 8LD
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bacup · OL13 9LJ
Secondary Schools in Bacup (1)
Other Schools in Bacup (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Bacup are set by Lancashire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.