Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

State-Funded School

holy-souls-roman-catholic-primary-school-blackburn-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB1 8QNPostcode

3.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 189 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 59%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

25%

Asian

60%

Black

Mixed

10%

Unclassified

Pupils

189

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

19%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 189
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 Mar 2023	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
25 Oct 2017	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.