Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

HyndburnConstituency

BB1 2DRPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy 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 150 pupils. Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy is part of Cidari Education Limited.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 12 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Needs attention
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: 43%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

19%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

Pupils

150

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 150
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Cidari Education Limited

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
12 Dec 2017	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.