Schools in Accrington

About schools in Accrington

Most of the 36 schools listed in Accrington are primary schools. Its five secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another three schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

53%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 26 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

42.6

average Attainment 8 score, across the 5 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• Fairfield Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Lee Royd Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

Primary schools25

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Accrington Huncoat Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• Accrington Peel Park Primary School

  Foundation school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  23%

  expected standard
• Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  24%

  expected standard
• Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Accrington Woodnook Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Altham St James Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Green Haworth Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  8%

  expected standard
• Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  39%

  expected standard
• Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  36%

  expected standard
• St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• St Nicholas Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• St Peter's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  50%

  expected standard

Secondary schools5

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Accrington Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  39.4

  Attainment 8
• Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  50.7

  Attainment 8
• Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  42.7

  Attainment 8
• Rhyddings

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  36.5

  Attainment 8
• The Hollins

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  40.7

  Attainment 8

Special schools and alternative provision3

• Oswaldtwistle School

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 11 to 16

• Oswaldtwistle White Ash School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 11

• Park View

  Other independent special school · Ages 8 to 18

Independent schools1

• The Alternative School

  Other independent school · Ages 6 to 18

Common questions about schools in Accrington

How many schools are in Accrington?

OfferDay lists 36 schools in Accrington, including 25 primary schools and five secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Accrington?

Every school in Accrington is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Accrington?

OfferDay ranks schools in Accrington where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.