Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 25 March 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 4 December 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry81 applications · 58 places offered · 49 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 1.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 1.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 1.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 1.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2014 1.5; 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 | 58 | 81 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 41 | 68 | 1.7 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 39 | 64 | 1.6 | 38 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 50 | 78 | 1.6 | 45 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 55 | 81 | 1.5 | 52 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 27 | 49 | 1.8 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 92 | 1.6 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 49 | 77 | 1.6 | 47 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 38 | 60 | 1.6 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 47 | 74 | 1.6 | 45 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 54 | 77 | 1.4 | 50 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 54 | 75 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 | 56 | 82 | 1.5 | 49 | 0.88 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Blackburn with Darwen median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Shadsworth Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place
- 0.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenStandards maintained20242.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Lancashire20261.6applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenStandards maintained202560%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20221.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20242.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good202273%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 1.8 km · Blackburn with Darwen20262.2applications per place 53%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
- 119220 · 889/2167
- Capacity
- 220 pupils · 196 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Rothesay Road, Blackburn, BB1 2EL
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources