St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn Road, Darwen, BB3 0AA
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.5%
7.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
198
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
208 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
27 of 27 families who put it first got an offer
29
Places offered
68
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 27 | 27 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 23 | 2 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 18 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 68 | 29 | 43% |
Blackburn with Darwen lets families list 3 preferences. 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Vannessa Knowles
- Address
- Blackburn Road, Darwen, BB3 0AA
- Phone
- 01254701616
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Ward / constituency
- Darwen West · Rossendale and Darwen
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150080
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
198 pupils · 208 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 20
23 January 2020
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 178 pupils
Attendance
95.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
7.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
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 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) | 70% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 3% | 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 Blackburn with Darwen 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.