West Street Community Primary School

Primary school in Colne, Lancashire. No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Apr 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 1 April 2025, report published 13 May 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Requires improvement
Early years	Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around April 2029

The last inspection was in April 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

0.4 milesPark Primary School
Primary, Colne, Lancashire
Report card, Jul 2026: 3 strong, 4 expected
0.5 milesColne Lord Street School
Primary, Colne, Lancashire
Good (Jan 2023)
0.7 milesSacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary, Colne, Lancashire
Standards maintained (Jun 2025)
0.9 milesColne Primet Primary School
Primary, Colne, Lancashire
Good (Jun 2023)
1.1 milesColne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary, Colne, Lancashire
School remains Good (Mar 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.