St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Blackburn with Darwen·BB2 1LQ
Composite score
41.8
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#10,237
National rank
#1501
In North West
#35
In Blackburn with Darwen
Top 69%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · 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%
23 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
47
any preference, for 25 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.8620231.0020240.8820250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
65.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,061
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn at a glance

Located in Blackburn with Darwen, St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 216 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in January 2026. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 24.9 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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