Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Accrington · BB5 2RQ
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 20 March 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
205 pupils · 98% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 2.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.4% of pupils
- Website
- www.baxenden.lancs.sch.uk/
- URN
- 119440
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.83 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 25 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 19 March 2024: School remains Good
- 13 November 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- The Hollins
- Green Haworth Church of England Primary School
- St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School
- Lee Royd Nursery School
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School
- St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington
- St Peter's CofE Primary School