Waterfoot Primary School
School Name: Waterfoot Primary School Address: Wolfenden Green, Waterfoot Town/City: Rossendale County: Lancashire Postcode: BB4 9DA Telephone Number: 01706 830639 Website: http://www.waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk
Phase: Primary (ages 5-11) Type: Community school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Headteacher: Mrs Kelly Devine
Capacity: 315
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 296 (48% boys & 52% girls)
Enrollment: 94% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 24%
URN: 119199
DfE Number: 888/2129
UKPRN: 10077718
UPRN: 10014330918
Region: North West (E12000002)
District: Rossendale (E07000125)
Constituency: Rossendale and Darwen (E14001450)
Electoral Ward: Hareholme & Waterfoot (E05015821)
Easting & Northing: 383929E, 421863N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 41' 36.96" N 2° 14' 40.99" W
Plus Code: 9C5VMQV4+C4
DfE Record: View record
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (0.2km)
- The Valley Leadership Academy (0.4km)
- Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School (0.9km)
- Staghills Nursery School (1.0km)
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch (1.0km)
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School (1.1km)
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School (1.5km)
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup (1.7km)
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School (3.0km)
- Alder Grange School (3.1km)
Predecessor school†
- Mr Chris Chambers - Governor. Appointed on 1 June 2019 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 31 May 2027.
- Mrs Charlotte Clutterbuck - Governor. Appointed on 16 November 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 16 November 2027.
- Miss Jenna Covell - Governor. Appointed on 7 May 2025 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 6 May 2029.
- Headteacher Kelly Devine - Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2017 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Miss Helen Fishwick - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 26 November 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 25 November 2029.
- Ms Helen Fishwick - Governor. Appointed on 2 March 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 1 March 2026.
- Mr Ian Mills - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 1 June 2015 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 25 November 2025.
- Mr Craig Moore - Governor. Appointed on 5 February 2024 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 5 February 2028.
- Mr Richard Morton - Governor. Appointed on 5 February 2024 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 5 February 2028.
- Ms Linzi Richardson - Governor. Appointed on 2 March 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 1 March 2030.
- Mrs Nancy Louise Sharples - Governor. Appointed on 14 November 2022 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 13 November 2026.
- Mrs Hannah Wilkinson - Governor. Appointed on 5 January 2025 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 6 January 2029.