Pendle Community High School & College, Nelson

The nearest other special schools to Pendle Community High School & College are Pendle View Primary School (0.2 miles, Outstanding); The Nook School (1 mile, Good); Grow Independent School (1.2 miles); and Silver Birch School (2.3 miles).

Of the 25 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college.

50.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, and 30.1% speak English as an additional language, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%) and Asian (46%).

Almost every pupil at Pendle Community High School & College has an education, health and care plan (166 of 166 in 2026). The most common need among them is autism.

Pendle Community High School & College provides for pupils with visual impairment, hearing impairment, autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Colne Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pendle Vale College (outside), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Pendle Community High School & College stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 273 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Pendle Community High School & College issued 5 suspensions, 3.1 for every 100 pupils, and 1 permanent exclusion.