St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
Hallfield Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7SN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julie Livesey
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 137
- URN
- 119645
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254885778
About this school
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Blackburn. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 137 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 23 | 20 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 55% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 10% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 75% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 65% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 70% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood 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 | 57% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 150 |
| 2023/24 | 152 |
| 2024/25 | 148 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood compares
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood ranked 307th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 3.9% | 11.5% | 137 | — |
| Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 59% | 4% | 32.3% | 180 | 0.5 miles |
| Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School | 44% | 5.7% | 45.1% | 158 | 0.7 miles |
| St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood | 27% | 5% | 33.8% | 135 | 0.8 miles |
| Great Harwood Primary School | 52% | 6.5% | 43.9% | 210 | 0.8 miles |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors | 64% | 4.5% | 43.3% | 128 | 1.1 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)
- 11.49%
- English as an additional language
- 8.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.91%
- Persistent absence
- 6.87%
Location
Nearby schools
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Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood0.8 miles
Primary · Great Harwood
-
Great Harwood Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Blackburn
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St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors1.1 miles
Primary · Accrington
Other schools in Blackburn
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood ranks 39th 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 Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood teach?
- St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Blackburn.
- Who is the headteacher of St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood?
- The headteacher of St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is Mrs Julie Livesey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood, 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 Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood?
- St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood has 137 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood full?
- St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood has capacity for 175 pupils and 137 on roll (78%), 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 Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood a faith school?
- Yes. St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Does St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood as having no nursery classes.
- How have St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 54% 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 Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood rank locally?
- St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood ranked 307th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% 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 Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's absence rate?
- St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood'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.