St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB1 5BNPostcode

1.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

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

It currently serves 154 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 45%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

34%

Asian

44%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

154

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

42%

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: 154
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
4 Nov 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
15 Dec 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
12 Sept 2016	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.