Shadsworth Junior School
Primary schoolShadsworth Junior School is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 215 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 9 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 22 January 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, 60% of pupils at Shadsworth Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Blackburn with Darwen and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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- Newfield SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade450 m
- St Antony's RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 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)540 m
- Shadsworth Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade720 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)1.2 km
- Audley Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 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).