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St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 182Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 141350URN

Norfolk Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, BB2 4EW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.3 below Blackburn with Darwen median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen

43 applications for 22 places · 29th of 46 in Blackburn with Darwen
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
23%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 11 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Blackburn with Darwen median (2.3) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

43 applications · 22 places offered · 17 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
  3. 2024 3.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
  13. 2014 2.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Blackburn with Darwen median

Dashed bars: as St Aidan's Church of England Primary School (URN 119498), the previous school.

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 202622432.0170.77
Sep 202526481.9210.81
Sep 202413413.2120.92
Sep 202324512.1210.88
Sep 202218482.7181.00
Sep 202125381.5210.84
Sep 202022411.9200.91
Sep 201917261.5160.94
Sep 201824431.8230.96
Sep 201715291.990.60
Sep 201616301.9110.69
Sep 201522371.7160.73
Sep 2014 *24482.0210.88

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 38% · Writing 50% · Maths 50% → all three 23% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard23%50th of 51 in Blackburn with Darwen
Reading
Expected standard38%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard50%
Greater depth4%
Maths
Expected standard50%
Higher standard4%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Blackburn with Darwen median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2523%0%9899
2023/2441%7%104103
2022/2327%0%10099

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141350 · 889/2005
Trust
Cidari Education Limited
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 182 on roll
Free school meals
54.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2015
Replaced
St Aidan's Church of England Primary School (URN 119498)
Address
Norfolk Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, BB2 4EW
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen

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