Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Lancashire
Commons Lane, Blackburn, BB2 7LL
77
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
83%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.2%
2.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
106
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
105 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
83%
1st preference success rate
15 of 18 families who put it first got an offer
16
Places offered
32
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 18 | 15 | ● 83% |
| 2nd preference | 6 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 8 | 1 | ● 13% |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 50% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 15 applications came from outside the council area (7 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nicola Draycott
- Address
- Commons Lane, Balderstone, Blackburn, BB2 7LL
- Phone
- 01254769150
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Mellor · Ribble Valley
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119415
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 6% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 61% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
106 pupils · 105 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
12 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 75 pupils
Attendance
96.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
2.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 77% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 8% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 79% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 14% | 8% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.