Schools near Nelson

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• Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School

  Primary · Voluntary aided school · ages 4 to 11 · 121 pupils

  Wheatley Lane Road, Barrowford, Nelson, BB9 6QT

  Ofsted 26 Sep 2023: Outstanding

  1.0 miles Church of England

• Pendle View Primary School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 2 to 11 · 132 pupils

  Gibfield Road, Colne, BB8 8JT

  Ofsted 29 Nov 2023 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

  1.1 miles

• Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 126 pupils

  Halifax Road, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5BL

  Ofsted report card, 14 Jul 2026

  1.1 miles Roman Catholic

• Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School

  Secondary · Voluntary aided school · ages 11 to 16 · 812 pupils

  Gibfield Road, Colne, BB8 8JT

  Ofsted report card, 19 May 2026

  1.1 miles Roman Catholic

• Walton Lane Nursery School

  Nursery · Local authority nursery school · ages 3 to 5 · 55 pupils

  Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BP

  Ofsted report card, 24 Mar 2026

  1.3 miles

• Colne Primet Academy

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 16 · 805 pupils

  Dent Street, Colne, BB8 8JF

  Ofsted report card, 16 Jun 2026

  1.3 miles

• Woodfield Nursery School

  Nursery · Local authority nursery school · ages 2 to 5 · 119 pupils

  Sefton Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5BE

  Ofsted 29 Apr 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

  1.3 miles

• Colne Primet Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 185 pupils

  Tatton Street, Tatton St. Colne Bb8 8je, Colne, BB8 8JE

  Ofsted 13 Jun 2023: Good

  1.3 miles

• Pendle Primary Academy

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 4 to 11 · 415 pupils

  Walter Street, Brierfield, Nelson, BB9 5AW

  Ofsted report card, 25 Nov 2025

  1.3 miles

• Reedley Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 408 pupils

  Reedley Road, Reedley, Burnley, BB10 2NE

  Ofsted 21 Mar 2023: Good

  1.4 miles

• Briercliffe Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 5 to 11 · 388 pupils

  Delamere Road, Briercliffe, Burnley, BB10 2JU

  Ofsted report card, 27 Jan 2026

  1.7 miles

• Roughlee Church of England Primary School

  Primary · Voluntary controlled school · ages 4 to 11 · 50 pupils

  Blacko Bar Road, Roughlee, Nelson, BB9 6NX

  Ofsted report card, 7 Jul 2026

  1.8 miles Church of England

• Casterton Primary Academy

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 5 to 11 · 291 pupils

  Casterton Primary Academy, Thames Avenue, Burnley, BB10 2PZ

  Ofsted 4 Oct 2022: Good

  1.8 miles

• The Nook School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 14 pupils

  Knotts Lane, Colne, BB8 8HH

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  1.8 miles Independent

• Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · 207 pupils

  Fence, Burnley, BB12 9ED

  Ofsted 14 Mar 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good (predecessor school)

  1.9 miles Methodist

• Silver Birch School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 16 · 0 pupils

  Briercliffe Road, Harle Syke, Burnley, BB10 2HA

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  1.9 miles Independent

• St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · 212 pupils

  Thames Avenue, Burnley, BB10 2PZ

  Ofsted 10 May 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

  1.9 miles Roman Catholic

• Colne Lord Street School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 327 pupils

  Lord Street, Colne, BB8 9AR

  Ofsted 10 Jan 2023: Good

  1.9 miles

• St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School

  Primary · Voluntary aided school · ages 4 to 11 · 279 pupils

  Briercliffe Road, Burnley, BB10 2NH

  Ofsted report card, 14 Apr 2026

  2.0 miles Church of England

• Blacko Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 103 pupils

  Blacko Primary School, Gisburn Road, Blacko, Nelson, BB9 6LS

  Ofsted 29 Nov 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

  2.1 miles