North West
Primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
85 schools, 29,386 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 46.2.
Ofsted across Blackburn with Darwen
Good33
Outstanding4
Requires improvement2
No overall grade46
39 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 46 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turton Belmont Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Bolton | Good 2024 | 100% |
| The Olive School, BlackburnFree schools | Blackburn | No grade | 98% |
| Blackburn the Redeemer CofE PrimaryVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 85% |
| Wensley Fold CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Blackburn | Outstanding 2023 | 83% |
| Lammack Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 81% |
| Brookhouse Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 80% |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 79% |
| Daisyfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 78% |
| Griffin Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 75% |
| Audley Junior SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 73% |
| Avondale Primary SchoolCommunity school | Darwen | Good 2023 | 72% |
| Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Blackburn | Good 2024 | 72% |
| Cedars Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | No grade | 70% |
| St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2024 | 70% |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, DarwenVoluntary aided school | DARWEN | No grade | 70% |
| St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Darwen | Good 2020 | 70% |
| St Michael With St John CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 69% |
| St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2024 | 69% |
| Longshaw Community Junior SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 67% |
| Roe Lee Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 66% |
| Ashleigh Primary SchoolFoundation school | Darwen | Good 2023 | 66% |
| St James' Church of England Primary School BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 66% |
| Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Darwen | Good 2023 | 65% |
| Darwen Aldridge Sudell PrimaryAcademy converter | Darwen | No grade | 64% |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 63% |
| St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 63% |
| Holy Trinity VC SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Darwen | No grade | 62% |
| St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 62% |
| Shadsworth Junior SchoolCommunity school | Arran Avenue | No grade | 60% |
| Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 60% |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 60% |
| Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 60% |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 59% |
| St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 59% |
| St Silas's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 59% |
| Feniscowles Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 56% |
| St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 56% |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 53% |
| St James' Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Darwen | No grade | 50% |
| St Antony's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No grade | 50% |
| Intack Primary SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 47% |
| St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Blackburn | No grade | 46% |
| Queen Elizabeth's Primary SchoolFree schools | Blackburn | No grade | 45% |
| Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | DARWEN | Good 2022 | 43% |
| Lower Darwen Primary SchoolCommunity school | Darwen | Good 2023 | 41% |
| Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Darwen | No grade | 41% |
| Meadowhead Junior SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | No grade | 40% |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Darwen | Requires improvement 2024 | 38% |
| Darwen St James CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Darwen | No grade | 37% |
| St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blackburn | No grade | 23% |
| St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Darwen | No grade | 10% |
| Meadowhead Community Infant School and NurseryCommunity school | BLACKBURN | Good 2022 | — |
| Longshaw Infant SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | No grade | — |
| Audley Infant SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | Good 2024 | — |
| Shadsworth Infant SchoolCommunity school | Blackburn | No grade | — |
| Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Bolton | No grade | — |