St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Blackburn · BB1 4HT
Good
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 29 January 2020
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
161 pupils · 77% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils
- URN
- 152199
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place20 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Sessions missed (overall absence)
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Nearby schools
- Rishton Methodist Primary School
- The Willows
- Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School
- The Hyndburn Academy
- Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School
- Great Harwood Primary School
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
- Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School