St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Blackburn with Darwen·BB3 0HY
Composite score
24.7
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#14,049
National rank
#2168
In North West
#49
In Blackburn with Darwen
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
38%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.0020230.9120241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put St Cuthbert's Church of England 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
195
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,695
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School

St Cuthbert's Church of England 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 195 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 38% 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 risen by 6.0 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 100 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 7 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. If you are considering St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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