Feniscowles Primary School

State-Funded School

feniscowles-primary-school-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB2 5EGPostcode

4.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Feniscowles Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 417 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

417

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 417
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 14 March 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
21 Dec 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.