Education in Hyndburn

District

The north east of the North West. 86,908 people in 73 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Hyndburn, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

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Hyndburn had 48 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

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Worked out by Open Index · 2026

Hyndburn had 48 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Schools

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Schools in Hyndburn

Hyndburn has 48 open schools: 2 nursery, 35 primary, 6 secondary, 3 special, 1 independent and 1 pupil referral and alternative provision.

Outstanding: 0
Good: 10
Requires improvement: 0
Inadequate: 2

12 of the 45 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between November 2019 and October 2023.

13 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

9 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Nursery (2)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Fairfield Nursery School	Local authority nursery school	2 to 5	58	Good (overall), October 2023
Lee Royd Nursery School	Local authority nursery school	2 to 4	79	School remains Good, June 2024

Primary (35)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School	Academy sponsor led	4 to 11	137	Inadequate (overall), May 2023, before the school changed, special measures
Accrington Huncoat Primary School	Academy converter	3 to 11	211	Standards maintained, December 2024
Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School	Community school	3 to 11	434	Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
Accrington Peel Park Primary School	Foundation school	4 to 11	570	Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School	Community school	4 to 11	362	Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	5 to 11	207	Good (overall), May 2023
Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	5 to 11	176	Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement
Accrington Woodnook Primary School	Community school	4 to 11	220	Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
Altham St James Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	84	Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	205	School remains Good, March 2024
Belthorn Academy Primary School	Academy converter	2 to 11	238	School remains Good, February 2024
Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School	Academy converter	4 to 11	267	Improved significantly, February 2025Good (overall), November 2019
Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School	Community school	3 to 11	320	Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
Great Harwood Primary School	Community school	3 to 11	210	Good (overall), September 2023
Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	180	Good (overall), September 2023
Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	5 to 11	158	Good (overall), September 2023
Green Haworth Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	65	Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met, special measures
Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy	Academy converter	4 to 11	150	Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Voluntary controlled school	5 to 11	205	School remains Good, February 2023
Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School	Community school	3 to 11	205	Good (overall), October 2023
Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School	Voluntary controlled school	4 to 11	302	Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	142	Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
Oswaldtwistle West End Primary School	Academy converter	5 to 11	200	School remains Good, July 2024
Rishton Methodist Primary School	Voluntary controlled school	3 to 11	143	Standards maintained, March 2025
Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	188	Good (overall), March 2023
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	199	Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	Academy sponsor led	4 to 11	130	Inadequate (overall), January 2023, before the school changed, special measures
St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	Academy converter	4 to 11	161	Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	137	Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors	Voluntary aided school	5 to 11	128	Good (overall), March 2023
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	252	School remains Good, December 2022
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School	Voluntary aided school	5 to 11	187	Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington	Voluntary aided school	3 to 11	151	Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
St Peter's CofE Primary School	Voluntary controlled school	5 to 11	114	Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood	Voluntary aided school	4 to 11	135	Good (overall), May 2023

Secondary (6)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Accrington Academy	Academy sponsor led	11 to 16	953	Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School	Academy converter	11 to 18	1,280	Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn	Voluntary aided school	11 to 16	801	Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
Rhyddings	Academy converter	11 to 16	610	Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
The Hollins	Academy converter	11 to 16	794	Standards maintained, October 2024
The Hyndburn Academy	Academy sponsor led	11 to 16	641	Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met

Special (3)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School	Community special school	2 to 11	118	Standards maintained, April 2025
Park View	Other independent special school	8 to 18	2	No outcome in Ofsted's file
The Willows	Other independent special school	5 to 16	23	No outcome in Ofsted's file

Independent (1)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
The Alternative School	Other independent school	6 to 18	172	Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Pupil referral and alternative provision (1)

School	Type	Ages	Pupils	Latest Ofsted inspection
Oswaldtwistle School	Pupil referral unit	11 to 16	96	Standards maintained, November 2024

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.