Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 24 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 12 January 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry52 applications · 23 places offered · 21 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.4
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 23 | 52 | 2.3 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 51 | 2.0 | 22 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 47 | 2.2 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 50 | 2.6 | 17 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 43 | 1.8 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 58 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 54 | 1.9 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 27 | 54 | 2.0 | 23 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2016 | 24 | 60 | 2.5 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 25 | 0.83 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 68% · Writing 71% · Maths 82% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 68% | 4% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 3% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 82% | 14% | 105 | 107 |
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
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · LancashireRequires significant improvement 20262.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Lancashire20262.5applications per place 23%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Lancashire20263.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · LancashireImproved significantly20252.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · LancashireGood20233.4applications per place 24%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 119447 · 888/3347
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 187 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- St Nicholas Road, Church, Accrington, BB5 4DN
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Hyndburn
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources