Oswaldtwistle White Ash School

State-Funded School

oswaldtwistle-white-ash-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

HyndburnConstituency

BB5 4QGPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Oswaldtwistle White Ash School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 118 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

23%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

118

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 118
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025. 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
3 Feb 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.