# Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 173 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E119510. [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 173
- Council: Blackburn with Darwen
- URN: 119510

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 11 November 2025
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected 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, 60% of pupils at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Blackburn with Darwen and 62% in England.
10% 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 | 60% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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.

- [St Silas's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-silass-cofe-primary-school-e146541): 130 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dar Ul Madinah](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dar-ul-madinah-e142931): 200 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Queen Elizabeth's Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queen-elizabeths-primary-school-e148834): 490 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queen-elizabeths-grammar-school-e141165): 490 m. Secondary. Some aspects not as strong, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 44.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tauheedul-islam-girls-high-school-e141565): 650 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 68.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wensley-fold-cofe-primary-academy-e139514): 660 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), September 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/119510)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119510)

## How to cite

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