Pendle Vale College
Oxford Road, Nelson, BB9 8LF
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,046 (582 boys, 464 girls)
- Capacity: 1050
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 37.6%
- Telephone: 01282682240
- Ofsted: Good (3 Oct 2012); report card, no overall grade (inspected 10 Feb 2026)
- Attainment 8: 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 502 applications, 207 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Lancashire
- Castercliff Primary School (0.3 miles, straight line)
- Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Bradley Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Colne Primet Academy (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Colne Primet Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England Academy (0.7 miles, straight line)
