The Olive School, Blackburn
Primary schoolThe Olive School, Blackburn is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 638 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 98% of pupils at The Olive School, Blackburn met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Blackburn with Darwen and 62% in England.
24% 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 | 98% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 24% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 113 | 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- Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 68.7 (2025/26, provisional)180 m
- St Silas's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Wensley Fold CofE Primary AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), September 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Dar Ul MadinahIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file910 m
- Westholme SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.1 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).