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Voluntary aided school · Blackburn with Darwen

St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

  • 4–11Ages
  • 203Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 119513URN

Bennington Street, Blackburn, BB2 3HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
1.2 above Blackburn with Darwen median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen

106 applications for 30 places · 2nd of 46 in Blackburn with Darwen
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
63%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Oct 2022

Inspection history

  1. 13 October 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 2 May 2012
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.5applications per place, Reception
1.2 above Blackburn with Darwen median (2.3) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

106 applications · 30 places offered · 33 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
  2. 2025 3.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
  4. 2023 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  13. 2014 3.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Blackburn with Darwen median in 12 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026301063.5331.10
Sep 202527833.1260.96
Sep 202429822.8270.93
Sep 202330913.0351.17
Sep 202230712.4301.00
Sep 202126572.2200.77
Sep 202025632.5200.80
Sep 201930571.9240.80
Sep 201830632.1280.93
Sep 201729692.4301.03
Sep 201630752.5270.90
Sep 201530662.2290.97
Sep 201429913.1280.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 70% · Maths 87% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%25th of 51 in Blackburn with Darwen
Reading
Expected standard77%
Higher standard37%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard70%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard87%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Blackburn with Darwen median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2563%10%105106
2023/2470%7%103106
2022/2372%14%105107

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

  • 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
119513 · 889/3508
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 203 on roll
Free school meals
28.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Bennington Street, Blackburn, BB2 3HP
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources