St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

HyndburnConstituency

BB5 0NNPostcode

7.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

It currently serves 151 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 68%
Higher standard: 21%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

39%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

151

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 151
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
30 Apr 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
2 Oct 2014	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.