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Voluntary aided school · Lancashire

Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 176Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 119446URN

Devonshire Street, Accrington, BB5 1DW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.3 above Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

77 applications for 27 places · 122nd of 366 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
58%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 26 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsUrgent improvement
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 13 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
2.9applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Lancashire median (2.6) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

77 applications · 27 places offered · 21 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 4.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 13 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 202627772.9210.78
Sep 202515674.5130.87
Sep 202425682.7251.00
Sep 202325833.3180.72
Sep 202220683.4180.90
Sep 202130852.8250.83
Sep 2020301043.5301.00
Sep 201930882.9170.57
Sep 201825753.0220.88
Sep 201730963.2311.03
Sep 201626903.5230.88
Sep 201530852.8331.10
Sep 201428722.6190.68

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 58% · Maths 73% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%270th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard73%
Higher standard12%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard58%
Greater depth8%
Maths
Expected standard73%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2558%0%104102
2023/2437%3%102100
2022/2352%4%103103

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
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119446 · 888/3342
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 176 on roll
Free school meals
47.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Devonshire Street, Accrington, BB5 1DW
Local authority
Lancashire · Hyndburn

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources