St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington

About St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington

St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington is a primary school in Accrington, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 151 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above 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 top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 29 first choices for 19 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% 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. St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington 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.