UK Schools
Colne Primet Academy
Colne Primet Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Colne, Lancashire County Council, teaching 805 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in November 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 35.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Colne Primet Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Colne Primet Academy.
- 3 Autumn Term 1 begins
- 24 Autumn Term 1 ends
- 10 Autumn Term 2 begins
- 19 Autumn Term 2 ends
- 5 Spring Term 1 begins
- 13 Spring Term 1 ends
- 23 Spring Term 2 begins
- 27 Spring Term 2 ends
- 13 Summer Term 1 begins
- 22 Summer Term 1 ends
- 1 Summer Term 2 begins
- 22 Summer Term 2 ends
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term 1 begins September 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term 1 ends October 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term 2 begins November 10, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term 2 ends December 19, 2025 (1pm) Term
- Spring Term 1 begins January 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Term 1 ends February 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Term 2 begins February 23, 2026 Term
- Spring Term 2 ends March 27, 2026 Term
- Summer Term 1 begins April 13, 2026 Term
- Summer Term 1 ends May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Term 2 begins June 1, 2026 Term
- Summer Term 2 ends July 22, 2026 (1pm) Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Colne Primet Academy with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 35.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 41.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 83% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Colne Primet Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Colne Primet Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.