St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
Primary schoolSt Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 184 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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, 38% of pupils at St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Blackburn with Darwen and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 38% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 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
In a straight line- Crosshill Special SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), November 2021410 m
- St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, January 2020. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Avondale Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Darwen Vale High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), January 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- Aldridge UTC DarwenSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 31.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- Darwen St James CofE Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 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).