St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary schoolSt Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 419 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), July 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 2 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 EducationIn 2024/25, 70% of pupils at St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Blackburn with Darwen and 62% in England.
7% 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 | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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- Ashworth Nursery SchoolNursery. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met50 m
- Blackburn CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file310 m
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademySecondary. School remains Good, January 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.8 (2025/26, provisional)520 m
- Tauheedul Islam Boys' High SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 62.6 (2025/26, provisional)650 m
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolSecondary. Some aspects not as strong, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 44.3 (2025/26, provisional)690 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).