Longshaw Community Junior School
Park Lee Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Berry
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 334
- URN
- 119119
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254296450
About this school
Longshaw Community Junior School is a community primary school in Blackburn. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 334 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 16 November 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 80 | 89 | 79 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 73% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 9% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 83% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 89% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Longshaw Community Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Blackburn with Darwen average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 57.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 57.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 350 |
| 2023/24 | 355 |
| 2024/25 | 360 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Longshaw Community Junior School compares
Longshaw Community Junior School ranked 19th of 51 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.2% | 59.7% | 334 | — |
| Longshaw Infant School | — | 6.9% | 44.2% | 203 | 0.4 miles |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | 79% | 6% | 43.5% | 180 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | 63% | 5% | 31.4% | 203 | 0.6 miles |
| St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School | 46% | 6.3% | 55.4% | 202 | 0.6 miles |
| Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary | 85% | 3.7% | 8.9% | 416 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.72%
- English as an additional language
- 21.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.24%
- Persistent absence
- 16.19%
Location
Nearby schools
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Longshaw Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn0.5 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn0.6 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Blackburn
Other schools in Blackburn
Longshaw Community Junior School ranks 22nd of the 49 ranked primary schools in Blackburn.
- Audley Infant School Primary
- Audley Junior School Primary
- Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Belthorn Academy Primary School Primary
- Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary Primary
- Brookhouse Primary School Primary
- Cedars Primary School Primary
- Daisyfield Primary School Primary
- Feniscowles Primary School Primary
- Great Harwood Primary School Primary
- Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Longshaw Community Junior School teach?
- Longshaw Community Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Blackburn.
- Who is the headteacher of Longshaw Community Junior School?
- The headteacher of Longshaw Community Junior School is Mr Jonathan Berry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Longshaw Community Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Longshaw Community Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Longshaw Community Junior School?
- Longshaw Community Junior School has 334 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Longshaw Community Junior School full?
- Longshaw Community Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 334 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Longshaw Community Junior School a faith school?
- No. Longshaw Community Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Longshaw Community Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Longshaw Community Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Longshaw Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Longshaw Community Junior School rank locally?
- Longshaw Community Junior School ranked 19th of 51 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Longshaw Community Junior School's absence rate?
- Longshaw Community Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Longshaw Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Longshaw Community Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.