St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham
Primary schoolSt John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham is a primary school in Burnley, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 233 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 29 March 2023
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, 80% of pupils at St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 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- Padiham Green Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)400 m
- Whitegate Nursery SchoolNursery. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade780 m
- Padiham Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Shuttleworth CollegeSecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 38.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Burnley High SchoolSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 38.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Burnley
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).