Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School, Accrington

From the headteacher's welcome: "Nestled in the heart of the Oswaldtwistle community, we are a vibrant one-form entry primary school dedicated to nurturing young minds. Our facilities include a preschool for three-year-olds, offering up to 30 hours of weekly care, along with a dedicated special educational needs unit. Our classrooms are spacious and bright, designed to create an inspiring learning environment."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 78% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School as their first choice and 68 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School are Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 78% reading, 66% maths); Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 78% maths); Oswaldtwistle West End Primary School (0.5 miles, 58% reading, 42% maths); and Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 69% reading, 81% maths).

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

38.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 1.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 45 pupils (22%) received SEN support and 15 (7.3%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs, autism and multi-sensory impairment: 6 places, 6 pupils on roll.

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Church & Oswaldtwistle Rail Station, about 1150 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Black Dog Inn (outside), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 177 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School issued 16 suspensions, 7.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School are Rhyddings (0.5 miles); and Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn (1 mile).