Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy
Primary schoolWensley Fold CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 463 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), September 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 September 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- 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, 83% of pupils at Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy 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 | 83% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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- St Silas's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Dar Ul MadinahIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file620 m
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Witton Park AcademySecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)690 m
- The Olive School, BlackburnPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 98% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 68.7 (2025/26, provisional)770 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).