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 | Strong 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
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Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 16 November 2021Ungraded 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 entry44 applications · 11 places offered · 9 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 5.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 4.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 12.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 5.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 5.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 4.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 5.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 5.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 6.7; 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 | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 19 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 2 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2020 | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 13 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 12 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2017 | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 14 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2016 | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 5 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2014 | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 8 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 100% · Maths 82% → all three 64% 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 | 64% | 9% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 0% | 107 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 70% | 10% | 102 | 101 |
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
- Altham St James Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · LancashireRemains Good20233.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · LancashireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LancashireStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · LancashireGood20234.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.9applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Lancashire20264.2applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · LancashireGood20232.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · LancashireRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 60%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
- 119577 · 888/3599
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 63 pupils · 84 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Altham St James CE Primary School, Burnley Road, Altham, Accrington, BB5 5UH
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Hyndburn
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources