Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all inspected areas including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school fosters an ambitious and supportive environment where pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), thrive. Notably, the school promotes a culture of responsibility, with older pupils taking on mentoring roles and enjoying a wide range of extracurricular activities.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a friendly and welcoming school environment.
• The school has an ambitious curriculum that supports all pupils effectively.
• Staff provide timely and effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils have opportunities to engage in diverse school trips and experiences.
• Parents appreciate the communication and guidance provided by staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff inconsistently deliver the phonics programme, impacting some pupils' reading fluency.
• A limited range of extracurricular activities restricts opportunities for some pupils to develop their talents.
• Inconsistencies in applying the behavior policy during social times can lead to unmanaged behavior.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.5% of pupils at Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.0% of pupils at Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 7 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School received £9,403 and spent £9,500 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £138,000 (£679 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School have?

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School has 205 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School cover?

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School?

Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School is at White Ash Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 3JG.