Academy sponsor led · Primary
Accrington · BB5 2AQ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 119441
Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Accrington · BB5 2AQ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
150
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Accrington, Lancashire, 150 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 27.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 119441
Location
- Address
- Barnfield Street
- Postcode
- BB5 2AQ
- Town
- Accrington
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 18 Jan 2024.
- Pupils on roll
- 150
- Boys / girls
- 81 / 69
- School capacity
- 161
- Capacity fill
- 150 / 161 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 27.3%
- FSM pupils
- 41
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lesley Pemberton
Official links
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 35%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.5%
Persistent absence
16.2%
Unauthorised
1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 136
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 5.7% · Persistent 12.5%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.6% · Persistent 16.8%