St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho
Whalley Road, Langho, Blackburn, BB6 8EQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Acting Headteacher
- Miss Caroline Boden
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 290
- Pupils on roll
- 274
- URN
- 119642
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254247157
About this school
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Blackburn. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 274 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
- Expected 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 | 44 | 42 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 71% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 88% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 79% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 76% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
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 St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 294 |
| 2023/24 | 300 |
| 2024/25 | 289 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho compares
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho ranked 138th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 3.8% | 6.5% | 274 | — |
| Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School | 91% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 307 | 0.7 miles |
| Salesbury Church of England Primary School | 70% | 4.3% | 7.3% | 283 | 1.7 miles |
| Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 59% | 4% | 32.3% | 180 | 2.0 miles |
| St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood | 27% | 5% | 33.8% | 135 | 2.0 miles |
| Great Harwood Primary School | 52% | 6.5% | 43.9% | 210 | 2.0 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.45%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.79%
- Persistent absence
- 6.05%
Location
Nearby schools
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Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Salesbury Church of England Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood2.0 miles
Primary · Great Harwood
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Great Harwood Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Blackburn
Other schools in Blackburn
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho ranks 16th 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 St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho teach?
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Blackburn.
- Who is the acting headteacher of St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho?
- The acting headteacher of St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho is Miss Caroline Boden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho, 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 St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho?
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho has 274 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho full?
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho has capacity for 290 pupils and 274 on roll (94%), 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 St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho a faith school?
- Yes. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Does St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho as having nursery classes.
- How have St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho rank locally?
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho ranked 138th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho's absence rate?
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho'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.