Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
About the school
Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is an open primary school in Blackburn with Darwen.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 8 February 2023
- Published
- 23 March 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 7%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 83%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 43%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 33%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 83%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 103
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
201
Girls
53.23%
Boys
46.77%
SEN support
4.98%
Education, health and care plan
3.98%
English as an additional language
15.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
17.65%
Overall absence
6.08
Persistent absence
14.05