St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
About the school
St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 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
- 23 January 2020
- Published
- 4 March 2020
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- School remains Good
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 70%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 3%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 77%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 77%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 70%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 80%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 13%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 33%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 83%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 103
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 103
- 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
201
Girls
50.75%
Boys
49.25%
SEN support
17.91%
Education, health and care plan
1.49%
English as an additional language
8.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
18.41%
Overall absence
4.47
Persistent absence
7.3