# Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 180 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E119512. [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 180
- Council: Blackburn with Darwen
- URN: 119512

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 12 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Blackburn with Darwen and 62% in England.
5% 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 | 79% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Longshaw Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longshaw-infant-school-e119125): 320 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- [Longshaw Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longshaw-nursery-school-e119084): 490 m. Nursery. School remains Good, April 2024
- [Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blackburn-the-redeemer-cofe-primary-e133987): 690 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Longshaw Community Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longshaw-community-junior-school-e119119): 860 m. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lower Darwen Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lower-darwen-primary-school-e119120): 930 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Markazul Uloom](https://openindex.co.uk/school/markazul-uloom-e133541): 940 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119512)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119512)

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