St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn

St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn at a glance

Located in Blackburn with Darwen, St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 214 pupils aged 4 to 11. 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 fallen by 17.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 41 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn 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.