St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB2 1SNPostcode

6.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 419 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 73%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

Asian

83%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

419

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

35%

England average

27%

First language not English

94%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 419
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
24 Sept 2024	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Good
26 Apr 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.