Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 3 February 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 21 October 2021Ungraded 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 entry26 applications · 3 places offered · 3 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 8.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 5.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 5.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 3.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 3.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 3.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 2.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 2.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 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 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2024 | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 2 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2023 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 11 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 60% · Writing 10% · Maths 30% → all three 10% 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 | 10% | 0% | 104 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 0% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 9% | 108 | 105 |
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
- St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20268.7applications per place 10%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Blackburn with DarwenRequires improvement20244.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · LancashireGood20243.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20203.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20231.5applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenSome aspects not as strong202540%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20233.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20232.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119459 · 889/3380
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 70 pupils · 56 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Rock Lane, Tockholes, Darwen, BB3 0LX
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources