Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School
Community primary school in Bacup (Lancashire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Our school is sited on the old Ross Mill site which is pictured below. The picture was donated to our school by a friend of the school in 2008 and is displayed in our school office. It all began with the idea of a new cotton spinning mill which came in to being around 1906.
The cost of transporting cotton yarn into Bacup from places such as Rochdale and Oldham were ever increasing. The new company was named the Ross Spinning Company and the land was registered in February 1907 with a capital of £60,000 in 12,000 shares at £5.00 each.
On May 11th 1907, The Bacup Times reported that a large wooden shed had been erected on the site of the new mill, a temporary road had been laid and a crane and powerful steam engine had been brought to the site.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
17 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Design Technology
- English
- Geography
- History
- Mathematics
- Religious Education
- Science
- Music
- Spanish
- Forest School Adventures
- KidSafe
- School Council
- Small Group Music Tuition
- Learning
- Classes
and 1 more
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Music MarkMusic
- Primary Science Quality MarkScience
Key facts
- URN
- 119191
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (9 current, 0 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Rachel Little | Chair of Governors | Nominated by other body and appointed by GB | since 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Michelle Wood | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Lindsay Crossley | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lorraine Hayhurst | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Michelle Parry | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Elaine Edyvean | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Esther Selway | Governor | Nominated by other body and appointed by GB | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Abbott | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Beverley Lydon | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2016 · until 2028 |
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