St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

State-Funded School

st-annes-roman-catholic-primary-school-blackburn-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB2 1LQPostcode

3.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, 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 214 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
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

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

50%

Asian

21%

Black

20%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

214

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

64%

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: 214
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
21 Oct 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
21 Mar 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.