Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Wilworth Crescent, Blackburn, BB1 8QN
189 pupils · 90% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 February 2023, published 23 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 60% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.74 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 23 | 17 | 58 | 22 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 11 | 11 | 56 | 11 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 15 | 14 | 48 | 15 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 21 | 69 | 29 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 27 | 23 | 74 | 27 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 25 | 15 | 60 | 25 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 24 | 15 | 70 | 22 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 26 | 21 | 79 | 25 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School 0.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Roe Lee Park Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Cedars Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Lammack Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Brookhouse Primary School 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.