Shadsworth Infant School
Primary schoolShadsworth Infant School is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 196 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 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 Antony's RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 36.6 (2025/26, provisional)560 m
- Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Shadsworth Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Intack Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2022. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- Newfield SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade1 km
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).