St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Primary schoolSt Stephen's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 392 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement
- Inspection
- Report card, 28 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
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, 63% of pupils at St Stephen'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.
5% 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 | 63% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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- Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file140 m
- Daisyfield Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)360 m
- Islamiyah SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file430 m
- Rawdhatul Ilm Wal HudaIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file430 m
- Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file460 m
- Brookhouse Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 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).