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Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

197

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Expected Standard

58%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Accrington, serving ages 5-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 65% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Accrington, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 5-11. The school has approximately 190 pupils on roll, of whom 47% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #234 of 444 primaries in Lancashire and #8,514 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 59%

Reading73% LA 73%

Writing58% LA 69%

Maths73% LA 72%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

37%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading53% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing53% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths47% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

52%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading57% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing70% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths71% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.5

Read

LA -0.2

-4.8 to -0.1

-1.0

Write

LA 0.1

-3.3 to 1.3

-1.7

Maths

LA -0.3

-3.9 to 0.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading76% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing76% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths83% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.1

Read

LA -0.2

-3.3 to 1.1

-0.1

Write

LA 0.1

-2.1 to 2.0

-0.8

Maths

LA -0.2

-2.7 to 1.2

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

66%

LA 65%

Reading79% LA 76%

Writing76% LA 78%

Maths83% LA 75%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.4

Read

LA 0.1

-0.8 to 3.6

Write

LA 0.1

-2.1 to 2.1

-0.2

Maths

LA 0.0

-2.2 to 1.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

12 October 2021

Inspection Report

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02 March 2016

Inspection Report

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24 March 2014

Inspection Report

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17 December 2013

Inspection Report

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08 March 2012

Inspection Report

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21 May 2009

Inspection Report

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31 March 2008

Inspection Report

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10 January 2006

Inspection Report

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06 October 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-03-02

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-12-17

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.1%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.1%(2 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 190 pupils. During this period, there were 2 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.1%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	190	2	1.1%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	193	3	1.6%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	206	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	204	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	204	3	1.5%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	200	0	0.0%	0.7%	1
2022/23 (Spring term)	197	8	4.1%	0.6%	1
2022/23 (Autumn term)	195	8	4.1%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	196	4	2.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	192	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	195	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	193	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	193	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	200	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	199	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	199	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	200	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	203	0	0.0%	0.5%	1
2018/19 (Autumn term)	201	7	3.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	206	6	2.9%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	204	3	1.5%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	205	5	2.4%	0.5%	1
2016/17 (Summer term)	203	4	2.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	199	2	1.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	199	5	2.5%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 12 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 12 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 8 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils