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Accrington Huncoat Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 211 pupils Accrington
Ofsted: Good
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Accrington Huncoat Primary School is an academy converter in Accrington for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 211 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Accrington Huncoat Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2017 of its predecessor, Accrington Huncoat Primary School. In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: January 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Lynwood Road
Huncoat
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 6LR
Phone 01254233369
Reference Number 148919

General Makeup

Number of pupils 211
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.92%
Girls: 53.08%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 9 22
2 15 12 27
3 7 17 24
4 9 19 28
5 14 16 30
6 18 20 38

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 81%
Pakistani 3.8%
Asian, Other 3.8%
White, Other 3.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
White & Asian 1.4%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
White & Black (African) 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Accrington Huncoat Primary School, inspected in July 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 17 Dec 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
17 Dec 2024 School inspection
08 Mar 2022 Academy conversion letter
05 Jul 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Accrington Huncoat Primary School
13 Nov 2012 Full inspection:
21 Jun 2011 Monitoring visit
02 Feb 2010 Full inspection:
09 May 2007 Full inspection:
20 Jan 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.1
Writing 1.8
Maths 0.3

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 2
Third Preference 17 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Accrington Huncoat Primary School had 182 pupils for 210 places. 28 places (13.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Hyndburn/Accrington Primary” planning area

Lancashire counted 439 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 405 in 2029–30, down 8%.

2022202320242025
Places 210210210210
Pupils 199199187182
Unfilled 5.2%5.2%11.0%13.3%

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 Accrington Huncoat Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 2.5%4.2%3.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%2.4%2.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%3.5%0.6%

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, 1.6% of pupils at Accrington Huncoat Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.21.92.02.1
Permanent exclusions 0100

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 Accrington Huncoat Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.59.98.99.1
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%5.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 20.0%36.4%40.0%–
Sick days per teacher 0.81.71.6–

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, 12.8% of pupils at Accrington Huncoat Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 7 2
Moderate learning difficulty 6 2
Social, emotional and mental health 6 0
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 4
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Physical disability 1 0

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 2024–25 Accrington Huncoat Primary School received £7,047 and spent £7,862 for each of its 191 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£842 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Let Education Trust, income was £8,036 and spending £8,078 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve £172,000£181,000£161,000
per pupil £843£904£842
In-year balance -£116,000-£49,000-£156,000
per pupil -£568-£245-£815

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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1.9 miles
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham
St John's Road, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 7BN
1.9 miles
Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School
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1.91 miles
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
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1.94 miles
Padiham Green Church of England Primary School
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2.1 miles
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church
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2.2 miles
Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School
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2.21 miles
Whitegate Nursery School
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2.3 miles
Fairfield Nursery School
Fairfield Street, Accrington, BB5 0LD
2.32 miles
Name Distance
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1.42 miles
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1.59 miles
The Alternative School
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1.69 miles
Park View
73 Grange Street, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, BB5 5PJ
1.92 miles
The Hollins
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2.33 miles
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn
Wordsworth Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0LU
2.34 miles
Shuttleworth College
Burnley Road, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 8ST
2.52 miles
Burnley High School
Byron Street, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 6NX
2.61 miles
Rhyddings
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2.67 miles
The Willows
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2.88 miles
Holdsworth School
Park Hill, Padiham Road, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 6TG
2.97 miles
Broadfield Specialist School
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3.12 miles
The Hyndburn Academy
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3.15 miles
Moorlands View School
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The Rose School
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3.29 miles
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Burnley College
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Olive High
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All schools in Accrington · Lancashire local authority: places and applications

Accrington Huncoat Primary School is part of Let Education Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

What is Accrington Huncoat Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Accrington Huncoat Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2017 of its predecessor, Accrington Huncoat Primary School.

When was Accrington Huncoat Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Accrington Huncoat Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Accrington Huncoat Primary School have?

Accrington Huncoat Primary School has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Accrington Huncoat Primary School cover?

Accrington Huncoat Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Accrington Huncoat Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Accrington Huncoat Primary School?

Accrington Huncoat Primary School is at Lynwood Road, Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 6LR.

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