Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Accrington, Lancashire·BB5 3DD
Composite score
41.0
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#10,574
National rank
#1560
In North West
#323
In Lancashire
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 13 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.9420230.8020241.0020250.852026

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

Every child who put Oswaldtwistle St Paul'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
147
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
57.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
32.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,561
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Accrington, Lancashire, Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 147 pupils aged 4 to 11. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 106 in reading and 108 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 Paul's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Oswaldtwistle St Paul'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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