Together we dream it, believe it, achieve it!
Our Barnoldswick community school and nursery is busy, thriving and popular, with everyone involved working hard and being committed to helping our children be the best they can be.
Our curriculum is designed to promote enjoyment, active learning and a thirst for knowledge. Our values are respect, trust, honesty, friendship and perseverance.
We nurture every child to become a confident, thoughtful and considerate member of society. We work hard with families to ensure every child’s needs are met….
Full Headteacher's welcome
Mrs Nicola Walker, Headteacher
Barnoldswick
Gisburn Road Community Primary School
Serving the community for 111 years
At Gisburn Road Community Primary School in Barnoldswick we nurture, inspire and challenge everyone to have the confidence, skills and values to thrive and achieve
A GOOD School
Our primary school and nursery is a community in which we are all valued equally as individuals. We treat each other and everyone in our community with respect: valuing trust and honesty in all we do. We strive constantly for our children to enjoy school and become life long learners. Our curriculum promotes active learning that engages all children, promotes a healthy lifestyle and encourages enterprise. As a school community we value commitment. At Gisburn Road, located at the very heart of Barnoldswick, we prepare our children to have the confidence and skills to thrive.
In our last Ofsted inspection we were graded ‘good’.
2017 Key Stage 2 SATs results
| % of pupils achieving the expected standard | Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick | National average |
|---|---|---|
| Combined | 82% | 61% |
| Maths | 85.7% | 75% |
| Reading | 85.7% | 71% |
| Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling | 85.7% | 77% |
| Writing | 85.7% | 76% |
News from school
A quick reminder…. Parents, the deadli…
A quick reminder…. Parents, the deadline to apply for a secondary school place for your child in 2019 is October 31 2018: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-secondary-school-place
Just a reminder tomorrow is non uniform …
Just a reminder tomorrow is non uniform day- all money raised will go to Bosom Friends. All donations gratefully received £1 or more. Thank you. 😁
Year 2 have been practising their tennis…
Year 2 have been practising their tennis skills this week with Mr. Bradshaw.
This week the Year 2 children have been …
This week the Year 2 children have been learning hoe to print. First we made printing blocks using our previous line drawings of the school. The results were quite impressive.
The children in Nursery have enjoyed usi…
The children in Nursery have enjoyed using the bikes and trikes whilst working outdoors today! Watch the videos at www.gisburnroad.com/news/the-children-in-nursery-have-enjoyed-using-the-bikes-and-trikes-whilst-working-outdoors-today
Bikes and trikes
The children in Nursery have enjoyed using the bikes and trikes whilst working outdoors today.
Our home grown pumpkins have had a make …
Our home grown pumpkins have had a make over! The children have been working hard with Miss Kitson and just look at what they have achieved 😁 🤔 I wonder where they got their inspiration??
A team of children from KS1 has a great …
A team of children from KS1 has a great time this afternoon at Fisher More High School taking part in an Orienteering Festival. The children had to use their maps to find the correct control card and numbers around the school hall. Well done!
Year 4 have planted some mystery bulbs. …
Year 4 have planted some mystery bulbs. We can’t wait to see what grows.
Years 4,5 & 6 enjoyed a poetry works…
Years 4,5 & 6 enjoyed a poetry workshop with the fabulous Andy Craven-Griffiths
Another uplifting singing assembly, than…
Another uplifting singing assembly, thanks to the wonderful Mr Gilmore. #behappy 😁
Year 6 Survival! This week Year 6 have …
Year 6 Survival! This week Year 6 have been using what they have learned about survival to build habitats for small creatures. The children worked in small groups and had some great ideas! Following on from this task, we then built shelters for ourselves. There were many ingenious ideas, including…
Applying for a school place for Septembe…
Applying for a school place for September 2019? Not sure how to apply for school places? Find all the information you need and apply online 💻. It’s quick, easy, and secure! http://fal.cn/VCgE #SchoolAdmissions 🏫
Well done to our Year 6 High Five Netbal…
Well done to our Year 6 High Five Netball team who did fantastic tonight in the Central Venue League at Pendle Vale College. The girls won 1 game 3-0, drew 1 game 2-2 and lost the other game 1-0. Super effort to say they have only had one training session
Broughton Hall have a scarecrow trail as…
Broughton Hall have a scarecrow trail as part of the Children’s Literary Festival- Gisburn Road has number of Scarecrows exhibited and James has found them all! Well done James!!
Well done to a team of Year 3/4 children…
Well done to a team of Year 3/4 children who enjoyed their Foot Golf festival tonight at Fisher More High School. They all had to work as a team to get the ball in the hole around the 18 hole golf course. ⚽️⛳️
Year 1 have been reading the story Lost …
Year 1 have been reading the story Lost and Found. We have been using Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing to help us to remember some of the key events and vocabulary in the story. The Year 1 children have written some fantastic innovated stories. They have changed the character and
Gisburn Road would like to say a big tha…
Gisburn Road would like to say a big thank you to all the families that donated food for our harvest assembly. Your donations have already been passed on to West Craven Food Bank, an organisation run entirely by volunteers, who do such a fantastic job in our local community.
The Plague Doctor visited the fabulous G…
The Plague Doctor visited the fabulous Gisburn Road School Year 4 Class this afternoon in keeping with the schools curriculum! Educational & Fun our Doctor travelled in time and found himself in 2018 seeking help from the younger generation of how to cure The Great Plague! The children gave the…
The Year 2 children were busy drawing to…
The Year 2 children were busy drawing today. We have been looking at the work of the Scottish artist Adrian McMurchie and his line drawings of buildings. Here we are practising our technique.