Pendle Vale College

School Name: Pendle Vale College
Address: Oxford Road
Town/City: Nelson
County: Lancashire
Postcode: BB9 8LF
Telephone Number: 01282 682240
Website: http://www.pendlevale.lancs.sch.uk/

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Community school
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2006

Head Teacher: Mr Oliver Handley
Capacity: 1050
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 1046 (56% boys & 44% girls)
Enrollment: 100% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 37.6%

URN: 134989
DfE Number: 888/4799
UKPRN: 10017926
Region: North West (E12000002)
District: Pendle (E07000122)
Constituency: Pendle and Clitheroe (E14001422)
Electoral Ward: Bradley (E05013203)

Easting & Northing: 387172E, 438597N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 50' 38.74" N 2° 11' 46.71" W
Plus Code: 9C5VRRV3+JF

DfE Record: View record

1. Pendle Community High School & College (0.1km)
2. Castercliff Primary School (0.4km)
3. Pendle View Primary School (0.5km)
4. Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School (0.6km)
5. Colne Primet Academy (0.8km)
6. Bradley Primary School (0.8km)
7. Colne Primet Primary School (1.0km)
8. Walton Lane Nursery School (1.1km)
9. Bradley Nursery School (1.1km)
10. Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson (1.1km)

Related school*

• Brierfield Mansfield High School
• Nelson Edge End High School
• Nelson Walton High School