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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- 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 · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 8 July 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 entry76 applications · 35 places offered · 30 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 2.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2014 2.6; 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 | 35 | 76 | 2.2 | 30 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 35 | 73 | 2.1 | 30 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 86 | 2.2 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 40 | 99 | 2.5 | 44 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 | 34 | 60 | 1.8 | 33 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 40 | 68 | 1.7 | 41 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 39 | 71 | 1.8 | 38 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 28 | 60 | 2.1 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 35 | 58 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 39 | 80 | 2.1 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 40 | 84 | 2.1 | 42 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 | 33 | 71 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 | 35 | 92 | 2.6 | 31 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 61% · Writing 53% · Maths 61% → all three 53% 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 | 53% | 3% | 105 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 3% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 41% | 0% | 102 | 102 |
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 Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20242.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good202273%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20223.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20221.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with Darwen20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20233.3applications per place 78%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
- 119505 · 889/3471
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 280 pupils · 258 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Withers Street, Blackburn, BB1 1DF
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources