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Lammack Primary School

Primary · Blackburn · BB1 8LH

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 22 September 2026 · report published 21 October 2026

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At a glance

548 pupils · 96% of 570 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
95.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.lammackprimary.com
URN
119124

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 87 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.849 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its report-card inspection on 22 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 87 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.849 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.849 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

69 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
Blackburn with Darwen average61.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Avanti Court Primary SchoolBarkingside · 185 miles awayGood83%
Khalsa Primary SchoolSlough · 175 miles awayOutstanding86%
Alexandra Primary SchoolHounslow · 182 miles awayGood68%
Drove Primary SchoolSwindon · 155 miles awayGood71%
The Olive School, PrestonPreston · 8 miles awayOutstanding (2019)88%
Aldborough Primary SchoolIlford · 187 miles awayStrong standard90%
Gatton (VA) Primary SchoolLondon · 189 miles awayOutstanding77%
Norbury SchoolHarrow · 176 miles awayGood60%
John Locke AcademyUxbridge · 176 miles awayExpected standard77%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolSwindon · 155 miles awayGood48%
Glebe Primary SchoolHarrow · 176 miles awayExpected standard56%
Whitehall Primary SchoolLeicester · 98 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 41% (Blackburn with Darwen 16%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 38% (Blackburn with Darwen 28%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Blackburn with Darwen 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Blackburn with Darwen 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Blackburn with Darwen 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Blackburn with Darwen 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Blackburn with Darwen 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Blackburn with Darwen 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Blackburn with Darwen: 2.20 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

4% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

38.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,630; 16% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£5,919
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £235,015; in-year balance -£21,771

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier89%62.3%
Social housing1.3%17.1%
Privately rented9.8%20.5%
Detached houses32.5%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012583 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£247,000309 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£200,000–£295,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (141)£295,000
Semi-detached (122)£220,000
Terraced (33)£173,000
Flat (13)£125,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.37 km, 2026 entry): 539 sales, median £216,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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