Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry62 applications · 24 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.9; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 2.9; 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 | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 20 | 44 | 2.2 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 52 | 1.9 | 31 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 46 | 1.8 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 28 | 74 | 2.6 | 32 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 28 | 65 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 25 | 69 | 2.8 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 27 | 79 | 2.9 | 35 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2016 | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 35 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2015 | 28 | 61 | 2.2 | 32 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2014 | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 21 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 65% · Writing 55% · Maths 75% → all three 40% 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 | 40% | 0% | 103 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 26% | 0% | 100 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 27% | 0% | 104 | 102 |
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
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, ChurchThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Lancashire20262.1applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Lancashire20262.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Lancashire20263.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Lancashire20262.5applications per place 23%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · LancashireRemains Good20222.4applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LancashireRequires significant improvement 20262.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Lancashire20263.2applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · LancashireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 69%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
- 119658 · 888/3764
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 224 pupils · 199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Bradshaw Row, Church, Accrington, BB5 4HG
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Hyndburn
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources