St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School

Officially St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Knowles Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4HT

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

210

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from St Charles' RC School (URN 119650) since 1 December 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 25 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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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:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 55.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 14.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 68.0%
Writing (Expected): 68.0%
Maths (Expected): 59.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 68.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 103.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 101.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 102.0
Cohort Size: 22

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 146
Boys: 86 (53%)
Girls: 75 (47%)
Capacity: 210 (77% full)
SEND: 18.5%
FSM Eligible: 16.4%
EAL: 4.1%
SEN with EHC Plan: 3.4%
SEN Support: 15.1%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 22.1:1
Teachers (FTE): 6.6
Budget per Pupil: £7,221/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 5.0% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 10.4% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Roman Catholic
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 91.7%
White Traveller: 2.1%
Asian Indian: 2.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
White Other: 0.7%
Other: 0.7%

91.7%

White British

2.1%

White Traveller

2.1%

Asian Indian

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01254886110

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Knowles Street

Blackburn, North West

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Administrative

URN: 152199
UKPRN: 10099293
Establishment No.: 3752
Trust: ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

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