Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire
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 | Expected standard | ||||
| 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 · 7 Expected standard
- 14 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 entry75 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2019 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2018 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2017 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2016 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2015 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2014 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.4
- This school
- Lancashire 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 | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 34 | 93 | 2.7 | 33 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 33 | 91 | 2.8 | 28 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2023 | 45 | 98 | 2.2 | 47 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 32 | 89 | 2.8 | 31 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 40 | 88 | 2.2 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 35 | 74 | 2.1 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 40 | 87 | 2.2 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 40 | 72 | 1.8 | 43 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 37 | 75 | 2.0 | 33 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 28 | 63 | 2.3 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 22 | 60 | 2.7 | 22 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 88% · Writing 80% · Maths 85% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Lancashire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 71% | 2% | 108 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 5% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 14% | 107 | 106 |
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 Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, LanghoThis schoolThis school20263.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20242.9applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · LancashireRemains Good20221.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · LancashireGood20232.4applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · LancashireGood20232.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · LancashireGood20232.6applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · Lancashire20262.8applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · LancashireGood20232.5applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20232.0applications per place 66%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
- 119642 · 888/3742
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 290 pupils · 274 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Whalley Road, Langho, Blackburn, BB6 8EQ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Ribble Valley
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources