Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- 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
- 17 March 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 6 October 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 entry48 applications · 29 places offered · 28 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2025 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 2.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 2.3; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2022 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2021 1.9; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2019 2.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2016 1.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0
- 2015 1.7; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Blackburn with Darwen median
Dashed bars: as Sudell Primary School (URN 119295), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 48 | 1.7 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 40 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 16 | 41 | 2.6 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 16 | 33 | 2.1 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 41 | 1.4 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 25 | 37 | 1.5 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 50 | 1.7 | 22 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 20 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 68% · Writing 64% · Maths 82% → all three 64% 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 | 64% | 0% | 103 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 4% | 97 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 28% | 0% | 99 | 97 |
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
- Darwen Aldridge Sudell PrimaryThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Blackburn with Darwen20262.1applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20256.8applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Blackburn with DarwenStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20231.5applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20232.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20233.1applications per place 65%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141838 · 889/2516
- Trust
- Aldridge Education
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 167 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- Sudell Primary School (URN 119295)
- Address
- Ellison Fold Terrace, Darwen, BB3 3EB
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources