Accrington Woodnook Primary School
Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed
Hudson Street, Accrington, BB5 2HS
Headteacher · Mrs Catherine MacMahon
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 30 June 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils220Capacity 285
OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 4 March 2025
Free school meals48.2%
Ofsted
Inspection on 4 March 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Early yearsGood
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in LancashireApplications for September 2026
29 of the 33 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered30
Applications71
First choice33
First-choice offers29
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School0.5 mi
- St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.5 mi
- Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School0.7 mi
- St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington0.7 mi
- St Peter's CofE Primary School0.8 mi