St Antony's RC Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Blackburn, BB1 2HP
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Shadsworth Infant School
Rothesay Road, Blackburn, BB1 2EL
Local ranking55th of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
220
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 219
- Boys
- 111 (51%)
- Girls
- 108 (49%)
- Capacity
- 220 (100% full)
- SEND
- 43.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.1%
- EAL
- 20.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 12.8%
- SEN Support
- 30.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,112/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.4%
- White Other: 8.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 7.8%
- Asian Indian: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- White Traveller: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
73.4%
White British
8.3%
White Other
7.8%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Rothesay Road
Blackburn, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119220
- UKPRN
- 10074053
- Establishment No.
- 2167
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