Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School, Accrington

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors are determined that their high ambitions for pupils' attendance and behaviour are achieved."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school's new leadership has proficiently devised the curriculum to build pupils' knowledge of essential information in a logical order."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the ingredients of high-quality learning and teaching for 4- and 5-year-old children very well."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Skilful leadership of special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) ensures that staff have high expectations of these pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school's new leadership brings deep knowledge to its roles, such as about the early years, primary education, special educational needs (SEND) and school improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school prioritises pupils' personal development alongside their academic success."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Over time, pupils' attainment in national assessments of their reading, writing and mathematics has been below average."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should make certain that the teaching of writing enables pupils to make effective use of their knowledge of spelling and grammar when they write longer pieces of work"; "Leaders should ensure that the recent improvements in the school's curriculum and teaching lead to pupils attaining well over time"; "Leaders should make sure that they have a clear understanding of the positive difference that their actions have on pupils' wellbeing, learning and wider development, so that future actions can be identified with even more accuracy".

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In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils at Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 52% in reading and 47% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School as their first choice and 98 named it as one of their preferences, for 40 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School are St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle (0.4 miles, Good, 94% reading, 86% maths); Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 57% reading, 52% maths); Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 65% reading, 75% maths); and Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 69% reading, 81% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School.

38.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 61% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 81 pupils (22.4%) received SEN support and 15 (4.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Accrington Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fife Street (by), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 554 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School issued 44 suspensions, 12.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School are Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn (0.2 miles); Rhyddings (0.5 miles); Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School (0.9 miles); and Accrington Academy (1 mile).