St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Hartley Avenue, Accrington BB5 0NN

https://www.stoswaldsromancatholicprimaryschool.com/

St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington is a Roman Catholic primary school maintained by the local authority (Lancashire). It has about 160 boys and girls aged between 3 and 11. In September 2014 the school was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Disadvantaged pupils, Progress, Finances and Representation. Relative weaknesses include Admissions, Environment, Attainment and Attendance.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.1		St Peter's CofE Primary School
0.4		Green Haworth Church of England Primary School
0.6		Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School
0.6		St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle
0.7		Accrington Woodnook Primary School
0.8		Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary School
0.9		Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School
1.0		Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School
1.1		Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
1.1		Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
1.1		Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church
1.1		St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

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Disadvantaged pupils: Excellent. Progress in maths is excellent. Progress in reading is above average. Progress in writing is excellent.

Progress: Excellent. Progress in maths is above average, in reading it is about average and in writing it is excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is in balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is slightly out of balance with the local community.

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates are roughly average and the incidence of persistent absence is quite high.

Attainment: Below average. Maths attainment is below average, reading is below average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is above average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite high, while crime is very high.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is very low.

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