Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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
- 29 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 26 September 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 entry96 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 2.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 2.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 3.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 2.3; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 2.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 2.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 2.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2014 2.7; 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 | 30 | 96 | 3.2 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 28 | 74 | 2.6 | 25 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 54 | 2.1 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 26 | 79 | 3.0 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 25 | 66 | 2.6 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 | 25 | 62 | 2.5 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 29 | 78 | 2.7 | 36 | 1.24 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 68% · Writing 54% · Maths 61% → all three 50% 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 | 50% | 4% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 7% | 108 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 52% | 7% | 105 | 104 |
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 James' Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20231.9applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with Darwen20261.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Blackburn with Darwen20261.5applications per place
- 1.6 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good202267%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Blackburn with DarwenStandards maintained202560%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20203.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20223.5applications per place 63%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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 119503 · 889/3469
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 202 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Off Stopes Brow, Lower Darwen, Darwen, BB3 0QP
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources