St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
About the school
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen 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
- 15 January 2025
- Published
- 4 March 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
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
- 4%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 87%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 83%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 70%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 30%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 33%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 87%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 110
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 105
- 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
161
Girls
44.72%
Boys
55.28%
SEN support
20.50%
Education, health and care plan
4.97%
English as an additional language
1.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
16.77%
Overall absence
5.03
Persistent absence
15.13