St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Blackburn, Lancashire·BB6 7SN
Composite score
39.8
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#10,961
National rank
#1622
In North West
#334
In Lancashire
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood 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
148
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,203
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood

St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is a primary school in Blackburn, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 148 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 54% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 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 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood 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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