Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Lynwood Road, Blackburn, BB2 6HQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Parker
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 173
- URN
- 119510
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0125454851
About this school
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Blackburn. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 173 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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 43% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 53% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 73% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 63% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 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 | 52% | 57.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 57.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 173 |
| 2023/24 | 187 |
| 2024/25 | 180 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn compares
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn ranked 29th of 51 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 6% | 23.9% | 173 | — |
| St Silas's CofE Primary School | 59% | 6.1% | 28.5% | 311 | 0.1 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth's Primary School | 45% | 5.7% | 17.3% | 387 | 0.3 miles |
| Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy | 83% | 4.1% | 11.9% | 463 | 0.4 miles |
| The Olive School, Blackburn | 98% | 3.1% | 4.2% | 638 | 0.5 miles |
| St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 70% | 3.7% | 32.1% | 419 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report11 November 2025
- 8 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.89%
- English as an additional language
- 55%
- Overall absence
- 6.03%
- Persistent absence
- 24.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Silas's CofE Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
Queen Elizabeth's Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
The Olive School, Blackburn0.5 miles
Primary · Blackburn
-
St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Blackburn
Other schools in Blackburn
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn ranks 30th 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 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn teach?
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Blackburn.
- Who is the headteacher of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn?
- The headteacher of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is Mr Michael Parker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn, 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 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn?
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn has 173 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn full?
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn has capacity for 210 pupils and 173 on roll (82%), 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 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn a faith school?
- Yes. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Does Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn as having no nursery classes.
- How have Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn rank locally?
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn ranked 29th of 51 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn's absence rate?
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn'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.