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Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 362Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119185URN

Exchange Street, Accrington, BB5 0JD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

98 applications for 40 places · 205th of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
23%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 20 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 28 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Lancashire median (2.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

98 applications · 40 places offered · 38 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202640982.5380.95
Sep 2025431172.7420.98
Sep 202444972.2441.00
Sep 2023521112.1500.96
Sep 202240792.0370.93
Sep 2021561001.8470.84
Sep 202038852.2350.92
Sep 2019601061.8570.95
Sep 201843922.1410.95
Sep 201758961.7540.93
Sep 2016601131.9621.03
Sep 201554861.6541.00
Sep 201460941.6601.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 40% · Writing 27% · Maths 50% → all three 23% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard23%431st of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard40%
Higher standard6%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard27%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard50%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2523%0%9898
2023/2428%0%10098
2022/2324%0%9995

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119185 · 888/2101
Capacity
420 pupils · 362 on roll
Free school meals
38.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Exchange Street, Accrington, BB5 0JD
Local authority
Lancashire · Hyndburn

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources