Audley Junior School
Primary · Blackburn · BB1 1SE
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 28 September 2022
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392 pupils · 93% of 420 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 32.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 73.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 22.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.1% of pupils
- URN
- 119115
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
97 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 27 September 2022: School remains Good
- 8 June 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Audley Infant School
- Blackburn Central High School
- St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
- Brunel Nursery School
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
- Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
- Newfield School
- Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy