St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen at a glance

Located in Blackburn with Darwen, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 161 pupils aged 4 to 11. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 30.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 105 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 Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen their first choice was offered one of its 16 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen 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.