St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Trinity Street, Blackburn, BB1 5BN
154 pupils · 73% 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
- 46%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 24 September 2024, published 4 November 2024. 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 | 62% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 3% |
“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 — 0.84 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 19 | 16 | 33 | 16 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 9 | 9 | 27 | 9 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 15 | 15 | 33 | 15 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 9 | 7 | 25 | 9 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 14 | 12 | 31 | 12 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 14 | 14 | 20 | 14 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 19 | 16 | 32 | 18 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 26 | 25 | 36 | 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 Michael With St John CofE Primary School 0.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Daisyfield Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Brookhouse Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 0.7 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School 1 km · Good (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.