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 | 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 13 January 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 21 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 entry47 applications · 25 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 2.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 2.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 2.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2014 3.1; 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 | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 47 | 1.7 | 24 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 22 | 32 | 1.5 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 46 | 1.8 | 22 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 29 | 77 | 2.7 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 36 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 62% · Maths 83% → all three 59% 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 | 59% | 3% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 7% | 102 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 52% | 6% | 104 | 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 Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20242.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20221.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Blackburn with Darwen20262.4applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with Darwen20262.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20222.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 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
- 119511 · 889/3504
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 230 pupils · 214 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Feilden Street, Blackburn, BB2 1LQ
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources