Romero Catholic Academy Trust — 18 schools

The trust at a glance

Schools: 18
Primary: 14
Secondary: 4
Pupils: 6,024
Average Attainment 8: 38.8
Average KS2 expected standard: 58%

Across the 15 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits about level with the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.

-0.20confidence interval -0.32 to -0.08

Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.20 (interval -0.32 to -0.08). The interval sits entirely below zero, so this looks like a real shortfall rather than noise. Weighted by 561 pupils across 3 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).

Ofsted across the trust

Good7

Requires improvement2

Inadequate1

No overall grade8

10 of the trust's 18 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 8 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.

Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 7 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate; 8 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.

Schools in Romero Catholic Academy Trust

School	Area	Ofsted	Attainment 8	Progress 8
Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Burnley	No overall grade	—	—
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Nelson	No overall grade	—	—
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Colne	No overall grade	—	—
St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led	Accrington	Inadequate 2023	—	—
St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Burnley	Good 2024	—	—
St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Blackburn	No overall grade	—	—
St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Darwen	Good 2020	—	—
St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Nelson	Report card 2026	—	—
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Burnley	Good 2024	—	—
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led	Todmorden	Good 2024	—	—
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Burnley	Good 2023	—	—
St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Burnley	No overall grade	—	—
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led	Bacup	Report card 2026	—	—
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Clitheroe	Good 2023	—	—
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Rossendale	Requires improvement 2024	35.3	-0.78-1.07 to -0.48
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Burnley	Report card 2026	37.6	-0.32-0.51 to -0.14
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led	Blackburn	Requires improvement 2023	37.2	—
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter	Clitheroe	Good 2023	44.9	0.190.00 to 0.37 · not a win

Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.