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St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood

Primary · Blackburn · BB6 7SN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 October 2024

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At a glance

137 pupils · 78% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
16.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.sthuberts.org.uk
URN
119645

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 29 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 15 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Kennett Primary SchoolNewmarket · 159 miles awayGood55%
Downham Feoffees Primary AcademyEly · 144 miles awayExpected standard61%
Great Milton Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 153 miles awayGood63%
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary SchoolBury · 10 miles awayGood72%
The South Hykeham Community Primary SchoolLincoln · 85 miles awayGood60%
Haslingfield Endowed Primary SchoolCambridge · 152 miles awayGood48%
Little Harrowden Community Primary SchoolWellingborough · 122 miles awayGood57%
Thakeham Primary SchoolPulborough · 215 miles awayGood63%
Pirton SchoolHitchin · 152 miles awayExpected standard65%
Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWarminster · 182 miles awayGood71%
St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary SchoolChipping Campden · 123 miles awayExpected standard59%
Cutnall Green CofE Primary SchoolDroitwich · 102 miles awayExpected standard100%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Lancashire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Lancashire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%)

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.73 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 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
19
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,785; 25% 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£6,992
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £26,625; in-year balance +£20,853

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.8%62.3%
Social housing3.6%17.1%
Privately rented17.4%20.5%
Detached houses15.8%22.9%
Flats0.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025066 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£152,500320 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£110,000–£237,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (58)£266,000
Semi-detached (76)£223,000
Terraced (186)£120,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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