Primary schools in Darwen
14 primary schools in Darwen, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Darwen in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Darwen first 334 times for 344 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Blackburn with Darwen authority's 51 schools. 2 of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.92 miles (St James' Church of England Primary School) to 1.27 miles (Ashleigh Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School
- Ashleigh Primary School
- Avondale Primary School
- Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy
- Lower Darwen Primary School
- St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St James' Church of England Primary School
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
- Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary
- Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy
- Holy Trinity VC School
- St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
- St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School
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Browse by authority: Blackburn with Darwen · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.