Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Wilworth Crescent, Blackburn BB1 8QN

https://www.holysouls.co.uk/

Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a Roman Catholic primary school maintained by the local authority (Blackburn with Darwen). It has about 200 boys and girls aged between 3 and 11. In February 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Admissions, Finances and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Disadvantaged pupils, Attendance, Environment and Attainment.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.0		St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School
0.5		Roe Lee Park Primary School
0.6		Lammack Primary School
0.7		Cedars Primary School
0.9		St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn
0.9		Brookhouse Primary School
1.1		St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
1.2		Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
1.2		Queen Elizabeth's Primary School
1.2		Daisyfield Primary School
1.3		St Michael With St John CofE Primary School
1.4		St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Admissions: Excellent. The occupancy rate is roughly average and the offer rate is very high.

Finances: About average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Progress: About average. Progress in maths is about average, in reading it is above average and in writing it is below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is in balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Attainment: Below average. Maths, reading and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) attainment are all below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Environment: Below average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are roughly average, while crime is quite high.

Attendance: Poor. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very high.

Disadvantaged pupils: Poor. Progress in writing is poor.

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