Graded inspection · Sep 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
- 24 September 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 15 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry33 applications · 19 places offered · 16 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 2.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 2.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2014 2.1; 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 | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2019 | 26 | 36 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2016 | 22 | 42 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 21 | 39 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 21 | 43 | 2.1 | 21 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 62% · Maths 66% → all three 62% 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 | 62% | 3% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 0% | 100 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 0% | 105 | 105 |
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 Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20221.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenGood20233.3applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20222.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with Darwen20262.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20242.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with DarwenRequires significant improvement 20261.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20222.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Blackburn with Darwen20261.9applications per place 59%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
- 119706 · 889/3999
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 154 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Trinity Street, Blackburn, BB1 5BN
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources