What did Ofsted judge West Craven High School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged West Craven High School's overall effectiveness as Requires improvement at its inspection in July 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend West Craven High School?

West Craven High School has 528 pupils on roll.

What ages does West Craven High School take?

West Craven High School admits pupils aged 11 to 16.

Where is West Craven High School located?

West Craven High School is located in Barnoldswick, BB18 5TB, Lancashire.

How do I apply to West Craven High School?

West Craven High School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at West Craven High School?

When West Craven High School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Psychological, social or medical need — Priority will next be given to children on the basis of psychological, social or medical need. For whom the trust accepts where professional evidence indicates that there are particular psychological, medical or social needs of the applicant should explain why the school is the most suitable or the only school capable of meeting all of their needs and the difficulties that would arise were the child to have to attend a different school. This evidence must be substantiated by at least two relevant qualified professionals who are currently providing direct care/support/treatment to the child on an ongoing basis in their professional capacity... Supporting evidence... must be less than six months old and be provided at the time of application in a written format; 3. Children of staff — Priority will next be given to children of staff employed by the school, in either of the following circumstances: a) The member of staff has been employed by the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. The above criteria applies to both teaching and support staff, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 120 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the school and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant's home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data). Where the distance between 2 children's homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them.

What is the largest ethnic background at West Craven High School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 81.4% of pupils at West Craven High School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at West Craven High School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
2Psychological, social or medical need — Priority will next be given to children on the basis of psychological, social or medical need. For whom the trust accepts where professional evidence indicates that there are particular psychological, medical or social needs of the applicant should explain why the school is the most suitable or the only school capable of meeting all of their needs and the difficulties that would arise were the child to have to attend a different school. This evidence must be substantiated by at least two relevant qualified professionals who are currently providing direct care/support/treatment to the child on an ongoing basis in their professional capacity... Supporting evidence... must be less than six months old and be provided at the time of application in a written format.
3Children of staff — Priority will next be given to children of staff employed by the school, in either of the following circumstances: a) The member of staff has been employed by the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. The above criteria applies to both teaching and support staff.
4In priority area with siblings — Children living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start or have younger siblings attending Primary school within the trust (see note iii below), then
5In priority area — Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then
6Outside priority area with siblings — Children living outside the school's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start (See note (iii) below), then
7Outside priority area — Children living outside the school's geographical priority area (see note (iv) below.

If two applications tie: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the school and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant's home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data). Where the distance between 2 children's homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them.

Geographical priority area defined as including Barnoldswick, Earby and Kelbrook, with a detailed boundary description also provided. EHCP children admitted first per statutory requirement, not numbered in the list.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

West Craven High School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge West Craven High School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged West Craven High School's overall effectiveness as Requires improvement at its inspection in July 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend West Craven High School?: West Craven High School has 528 pupils on roll.
What ages does West Craven High School take?: West Craven High School admits pupils aged 11 to 16.
Where is West Craven High School located?: West Craven High School is located in Barnoldswick, BB18 5TB, Lancashire.
How do I apply to West Craven High School?: West Craven High School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at West Craven High School?: When West Craven High School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Psychological, social or medical need — Priority will next be given to children on the basis of psychological, social or medical need. For whom the trust accepts where professional evidence indicates that there are particular psychological, medical or social needs of the applicant should explain why the school is the most suitable or the only school capable of meeting all of their needs and the difficulties that would arise were the child to have to attend a different school. This evidence must be substantiated by at least two relevant qualified professionals who are currently providing direct care/support/treatment to the child on an ongoing basis in their professional capacity... Supporting evidence... must be less than six months old and be provided at the time of application in a written format; 3. Children of staff — Priority will next be given to children of staff employed by the school, in either of the following circumstances: a) The member of staff has been employed by the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. The above criteria applies to both teaching and support staff, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 120 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the school and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant's home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data). Where the distance between 2 children's homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them.
What is the largest ethnic background at West Craven High School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 81.4% of pupils at West Craven High School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at West Craven High School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted
2Psychological, social or medical need — Priority will next be given to children on the basis of psychological, social or medical need. For whom the trust accepts where professional evidence indicates that there are particular psychological, medical or social needs of the applicant should explain why the school is the most suitable or the only school capable of meeting all of their needs and the difficulties that would arise were the child to have to attend a different school. This evidence must be substantiated by at least two relevant qualified professionals who are currently providing direct care/support/treatment to the child on an ongoing basis in their professional capacity... Supporting evidence... must be less than six months old and be provided at the time of application in a written format.
3Children of staff — Priority will next be given to children of staff employed by the school, in either of the following circumstances: a) The member of staff has been employed by the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. The above criteria applies to both teaching and support staff.
4In priority area with siblings — Children living within the school's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters attending the school when the younger child will start or have younger siblings attending Primary school within the trust (see note iii below), then
5In priority area — Children living within the school's geographical priority area, then
6Outside priority area with siblings — Children living outside the school's geographical priority area with older brothers or sisters still attending the school when the younger child will start (See note (iii) below), then
7Outside priority area — Children living outside the school's geographical priority area (see note (iv) below.

West Craven High School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge West Craven High School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged West Craven High School's overall effectiveness as Requires improvement at its inspection in July 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend West Craven High School?: West Craven High School has 528 pupils on roll.
What ages does West Craven High School take?: West Craven High School admits pupils aged 11 to 16.
Where is West Craven High School located?: West Craven High School is located in Barnoldswick, BB18 5TB, Lancashire.
How do I apply to West Craven High School?: West Craven High School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at West Craven High School?: When West Craven High School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Highest priority will be given to looked after children and all previously looked after children who apply for a place at the school. Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Psychological, social or medical need — Priority will next be given to children on the basis of psychological, social or medical need. For whom the trust accepts where professional evidence indicates that there are particular psychological, medical or social needs of the applicant should explain why the school is the most suitable or the only school capable of meeting all of their needs and the difficulties that would arise were the child to have to attend a different school. This evidence must be substantiated by at least two relevant qualified professionals who are currently providing direct care/support/treatment to the child on an ongoing basis in their professional capacity... Supporting evidence... must be less than six months old and be provided at the time of application in a written format; 3. Children of staff — Priority will next be given to children of staff employed by the school, in either of the following circumstances: a) The member of staff has been employed by the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. The above criteria applies to both teaching and support staff, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 120 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the school and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the school. The distance measure is a straight line measurement (radial) between the applicant's home address points and the address point of the school (co-ordinates provided by ordnance survey data). Where the distance between 2 children's homes and the school is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them.
What is the largest ethnic background at West Craven High School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 81.4% of pupils at West Craven High School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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