St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

Rossendale and DarwenConstituency

BB3 0HYPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 184 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 32%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Pupils

184

Total Pupils

42%Boys

58%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

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 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 184
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
3 Jul 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
17 May 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.