Primary schools in Accrington

25 primary schools in Accrington, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.

Accrington in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 25 schools in Accrington first 679 times for 673 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lancashire authority's 472 schools. 7 of the 25 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.40 miles (Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School) to 3.00 miles (Accrington Huncoat Primary School).

Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.

Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary SchoolGood · BB5 6AD
Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary SchoolGood · BB5 2RQ
Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary SchoolGood · BB5 5HT
Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolGood · BB5 5NH
Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood · BB5 3BT
Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary SchoolGood · BB5 3JG
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolGood · BB5 2SW
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-MoorsGood · BB5 5RJ
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OswaldtwistleGood · BB5 3AA
St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, AccringtonGood · BB5 0NN
Altham St James Church of England Primary SchoolExpected standard · BB5 5UH
Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolExpected standard · BB5 3DD
St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolExpected standard · BB5 4DN
Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary SchoolNeeds attention · BB5 1ST
Accrington Peel Park Primary SchoolRequires improvement · BB5 6QR
Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary SchoolNeeds attention · BB5 0JD
Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary SchoolNeeds attention · BB5 1DW
Accrington Woodnook Primary SchoolRequires improvement · BB5 2HS
Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolNeeds attention · BB5 3LG
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, ChurchRequires improvement · BB5 4HG
St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyNeeds attention · BB5 2AN
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolNeeds attention · BB5 0NW
Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary SchoolInadequate · BB5 2AQ
Green Haworth Church of England Primary SchoolUrgent improvement · BB5 3SQ
Accrington Huncoat Primary SchoolNo current grade · BB5 6LR

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