Anderton Primary School
Primary school in Adlington, Lancashire. Standards maintained (Nov 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 25 September 2019, report published 31 October 2019, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Since then: ungraded inspection
Inspected 27 November 2024, report published 12 January 2025.
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.
Next inspection: around November 2028
The last inspection was in November 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.2 milesSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
- 0.2 milesAdlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Good (Mar 2023)
- 0.6 milesAdlington Primary School
Good (Jul 2023)
- 1.3 milesRivington Foundation Primary School
Improved significantly (Jan 2025)
- 1.8 milesBlackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School
School remains Good (Jan 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.