Longshaw Infant School

State-Funded School

longshaw-infant-school-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB2 3NFPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Longshaw Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–7, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 203 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 15 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

15%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

203

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

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 – 7
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 203
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
10 Nov 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
16 Oct 2014	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.