St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn
About the school
St Peter's 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
- 19 November 2024
- Published
- 17 December 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
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
- 56%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 10%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 71%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 63%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 68%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 78%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 77%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 31%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 33%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 107
- 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
417
Girls
47.48%
Boys
52.52%
SEN support
16.55%
Education, health and care plan
2.40%
English as an additional language
10.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
30.36%
Overall absence
6.56
Persistent absence
18.18