Accrington Woodnook Primary School
Hudson Street, Accrington, BB5 2HS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine MacMahon
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 285
- Pupils on roll
- 220
- URN
- 119341
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254233020
About this school
Accrington Woodnook Primary School is a community primary school in Accrington. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 220 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 23 | 32 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 41% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 59% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 59% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 69% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Woodnook 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 | 43% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 48% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 201 |
| 2023/24 | 204 |
| 2024/25 | 218 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Accrington Woodnook Primary School compares
Accrington Woodnook Primary School ranked 353rd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48% | 7.4% | 51.8% | 220 | — |
| Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School | 74% | 4.9% | 29.5% | 137 | 0.5 miles |
| St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 36% | 7.6% | 36.6% | 130 | 0.5 miles |
| Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School | 23% | 7.1% | 38.4% | 362 | 0.7 miles |
| St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington | 68% | 4.2% | 51.5% | 151 | 0.7 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 50% | 7.3% | 53.1% | 114 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.83%
- English as an additional language
- 52.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.35%
- Persistent absence
- 24.12%
Location
Nearby schools
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Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Accrington
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St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Accrington
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Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Accrington
-
St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington0.7 miles
Primary · Accrington
-
St Peter's CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Accrington
Other schools in Accrington
Accrington Woodnook Primary School ranks 18th 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 Spring Hill Community 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
- 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 year groups does Accrington Woodnook Primary School teach?
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Accrington.
- Who is the headteacher of Accrington Woodnook Primary School?
- The headteacher of Accrington Woodnook Primary School is Mrs Catherine MacMahon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Accrington Woodnook Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Accrington Woodnook 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 big is Accrington Woodnook Primary School?
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School has 220 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Accrington Woodnook Primary School full?
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School has capacity for 285 pupils and 220 on roll (77%), 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 Woodnook Primary School a faith school?
- No. Accrington Woodnook Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Accrington Woodnook Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Accrington Woodnook Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Accrington Woodnook Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 48% 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 Woodnook Primary School rank locally?
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School ranked 353rd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% 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 Woodnook Primary School's absence rate?
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Accrington Woodnook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Accrington Woodnook 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.