St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Blackburn with Darwen·BB3 0LX
Composite score
6.5
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#14,778
National rank
#2307
In North West
#52
In Blackburn with Darwen
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
10%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
3 first choices, 3 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
26
any preference, for 3 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.40
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
56
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
10.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
31.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,089
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School

St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 56 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 10% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 20.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 3 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 31.1 pupils per teacher. St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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