Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Accrington, Lancashire·BB5 3LG
Composite score
25.4
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#14,003
National rank
#2159
In North West
#423
In Lancashire
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
39%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
85
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0220231.1120241.0920250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
298
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,651
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Accrington, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 298 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 39% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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