URN 119502
St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn
Voluntary aided school · Primary · Ages 2-11
BB1 8EG · Blackburn with Darwen
Latest Ofsted evidence
- Most recent inspection
- 7 December 2022
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest graded judgement
- Not published
- Latest ungraded outcome
- School remains Good
- Safeguarding
- Not published
Ofsted release 2026-03-31. Graded and ungraded outcomes are shown separately. They are published inspection records, not an admissions or suitability recommendation.
Primary attainment - KS2
Academic year 2024/25. Percentages are the published share meeting the stated standard.
- Reading, writing and maths
- 66%
- Blackburn with Darwen school average 61.62%
England school average 63.12% - Higher standard
- 2%
- Blackburn with Darwen school average 5.92%
England school average 8.33% - Reading expected standard
- 83%
- Blackburn with Darwen school average 74.13%
England school average 76.92% - Maths expected standard
- 90%
- Blackburn with Darwen school average 75.65%
England school average 75.17%
DfE release 2024-25-revised. Local-authority and England figures are CheckNear arithmetic means across open schools with a published measure in this release, not pupil-weighted official national benchmarks. Suppressed measures remain unavailable.
Nearby schools
Nearest open establishments within 5 km by straight-line distance. This is local context, not a catchment or admissions claim.
- Brookhouse Primary School
Primary · BB1 6NY
547 m
- St Michael With St John CofE Primary School
Primary · BB1 6LE
666 m
- Cedars Primary School
Primary · BB1 8HQ
724 m
- St Thomas's Centre
Not applicable · BB1 9TH
808 m
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Secondary · BB2 6DF
868 m
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School
Primary · BB2 6DF
869 m
