Longshaw Infant School
Crosby Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vicky Foy
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- URN
- 119125
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254260534
About this school
Longshaw Infant School is a community primary school in Blackburn. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 203 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Longshaw Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 212 |
| 2023/24 | 237 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Longshaw Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.9% | 44.2% | 203 | — |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | 79% | 6% | 43.5% | 180 | 0.2 miles |
| Longshaw Community Junior School | 67% | 5.2% | 59.7% | 334 | 0.4 miles |
| Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary | 85% | 3.7% | 8.9% | 416 | 0.4 miles |
| Lower Darwen Primary School | 41% | 6.2% | 17.7% | 382 | 0.8 miles |
| St James' Church of England Primary School | 50% | 5.3% | 26.7% | 202 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 January 2026
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.19%
- English as an additional language
- 21.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.88%
- Persistent absence
- 25.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn0.2 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Longshaw Community Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary0.4 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Lower Darwen Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Darwen
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St James' Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Darwen
Other 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 Infant School teach?
- Longshaw Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Blackburn.
- Who is the headteacher of Longshaw Infant School?
- The headteacher of Longshaw Infant School is Mrs Vicky Foy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Longshaw Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Longshaw Infant 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 Infant School?
- Longshaw Infant School has 203 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Longshaw Infant School full?
- Longshaw Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 203 on roll (75%), 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 Infant School a faith school?
- No. Longshaw Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Longshaw Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Longshaw Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Longshaw Infant School's absence rate?
- Longshaw Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Longshaw Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Longshaw Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.