Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 28 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry112 applications · 74 places offered · 70 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 1.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 1.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 1.3; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 1.3; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 1.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2014 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- This school
- Blackburn with Darwen median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 74 | 112 | 1.5 | 70 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 86 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 57 | 88 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 57 | 86 | 1.5 | 54 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 49 | 86 | 1.8 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 55 | 76 | 1.4 | 54 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 65 | 80 | 1.2 | 62 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 71 | 84 | 1.2 | 65 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 63 | 88 | 1.4 | 61 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 70 | 93 | 1.3 | 62 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2016 | 68 | 90 | 1.3 | 57 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2015 | 73 | 89 | 1.2 | 66 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 70 | 96 | 1.4 | 63 | 0.90 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Longshaw Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place
- 0.3 km · Blackburn with Darwen20261.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good202267%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20231.9applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20223.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 23%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119125 · 889/2013
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 203 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Crosby Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NF
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources