Cedars Primary School
Primary schoolCedars Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 407 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, February 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 12 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 5 February 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 70% of pupils at Cedars Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Blackburn with Darwen and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Thomas's CentrePupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Outstanding (Concerns), next inspection graded, June 2024110 m
- Brookhouse Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- Islamiyah SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file590 m
- St James' Church of England Primary School BlackburnPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file840 m
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Blackburn with Darwen
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).