Primary school in Blackburn, Lancashire
St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Knowles Street, Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 4HT
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 25 March 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 161
- Places
- 210
- How full
- 77% full — 161 of 210 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 75 / 86
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Hyndburn 003D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 28%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 21%
- Households owning their home
- 71%
- Households in social housing
- 3%
- Households with no car
- 21%
- Adults economically inactive
- 42%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Laura Orr
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Rishton
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- URN
- 152199
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rishton Methodist Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 79% | 0.2 mi |
| Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 60% | 0.3 mi |
| Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 44% | 1.2 mi |
| Great Harwood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 52% | 1.2 mi |
| St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great HarwoodVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 27% | 1.2 mi |
| Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 78% | 1.3 mi |
| Oswaldtwistle West End Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 42% | 1.4 mi |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 68% | 1.4 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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