Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School
Exchange Street, Accrington, BB5 0JD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Wilson
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 362
- URN
- 119185
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254399009
About this school
Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School is a community primary school in Accrington. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 362 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 60 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 24% | 28% | 23% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 47% | 52% | 40% |
| Expected standard in maths | 32% | 47% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 53% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 98.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 24% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 28% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 23% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 379 |
| 2023/24 | 382 |
| 2024/25 | 365 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School compares
Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School ranked 432nd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 23% | 7.1% | 38.4% | 362 | — |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle | 74% | 5.3% | 23.3% | 252 | 0.4 miles |
| Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School | 42% | 5.8% | 30.3% | 434 | 0.5 miles |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church | 40% | 8.4% | 47.2% | 199 | 0.6 miles |
| Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 63% | 6.4% | 57.8% | 142 | 0.6 miles |
| St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington | 68% | 4.2% | 51.5% | 151 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.36%
- English as an additional language
- 60.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.05%
- Persistent absence
- 22.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle0.4 miles
Primary · Accrington
-
Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Accrington
-
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church0.6 miles
Primary · Accrington
-
Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Accrington
-
St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington0.6 miles
Primary · Accrington
Other schools in Accrington
Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School ranks 24th of the 25 ranked primary schools in Accrington.
- Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School Primary
- Accrington Huncoat Primary School Primary
- Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School Primary
- Accrington Peel Park Primary School Primary
- Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School Primary
- Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School Primary
- Altham St James Church of England Primary School Primary
- Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School Primary
- Green Haworth Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School teach?
- Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Accrington.
- Who is the headteacher of Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School is Mrs Laura Wilson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School?
- Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School has 362 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School full?
- Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 362 on roll (86%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 24% in 2022/23 and 23% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School ranked 432nd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.