St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
About the school
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School 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
- 1 May 2024
- Published
- 3 July 2024
- Inspection type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
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
- 38%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 55%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 48%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 69%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 66%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 14%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 33%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 100
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 103
- 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
195
Girls
55.38%
Boys
44.62%
SEN support
18.46%
Education, health and care plan
5.64%
English as an additional language
8.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
33.33%
Overall absence
5.83
Persistent absence
15.08