St Thomas's Centre

State-Funded School

st-thomass-centre-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB1 9THPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Thomas's Centre is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 5–16, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 115 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2018

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

22%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

115

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

59%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: PRU
Age range: 5 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 115
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

Ungraded inspection on 12 June 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Jul 2018	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.