Shadsworth Infant School

State-Funded School

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

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB1 2ELPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Shadsworth Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

It currently serves 196 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

12%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

196

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

35%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 196
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
13 May 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
30 Jun 2015	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.