St Peter's CofE Primary School, Accrington

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades St Peter's CofE 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 prioritise attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have recently prioritised improvements to the curriculum so pupils secure strong foundations in their learning."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years develop a thirst for learning."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "In this small school, leaders know their pupils and families well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a united community."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a coherent and progressive programme to promote pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Over time, pupils have not secured the knowledge that they need in reading and writing well enough."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the recently introduced approach to securing foundational knowledge in writing is followed consistently well so that all pupils, especially older pupils, have the basic skills that they need to be successful and ready for the next stage of their education"; "Leaders should continue to embed their systems for prompting regular attendance so that pupils' attendance rates continue to rise and the proportion of pupils who are persistently absent reduces".

In its own words: "Another parent, when asked about the relationships they have with the children stated: "They just know, and I know this will sound impossible but it's true, every single individual child so well."

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at St Peter's CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 57% in reading and 57% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 6 families put St Peter's CofE Primary School as their first choice and 38 named it as one of their preferences, for 12 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 St Peter's CofE Primary School are St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 79% maths); Green Haworth Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 42% reading, 25% maths); Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 40% reading, 50% maths); and St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle (0.7 miles, Good, 94% reading, 86% maths).

St Peter's CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 61.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (58%), White British (30%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 31 pupils (27.2%) received SEN support and 9 (7.9%) 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.

St Peter's CofE Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Accrington Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Oswalds RCPS (by), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Peter's CofE 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 249 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

St Peter's CofE Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to St Peter's CofE Primary School are Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn (0.5 miles); Rhyddings (0.8 miles); and The Hollins (0.9 miles).