Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

HyndburnConstituency

BB5 1DWPostcode

1.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 176 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 26 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 37%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

30%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

176

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 176
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 13 October 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
31 Mar 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.