Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Ofsted

▲Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 23 February 2023, published 26 April 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Oversubscribed — 1.33 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• ▲St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
• !Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 0.6 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
• ▲Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• ▲Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School 0.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
• ▲St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
• –St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington 1.2 km · No overall grade (2025)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.