Sacred Heart 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.

Want to chat? The Schools Guide's AI consultant is here to help

Lynwood Road, Blackburn BB2 6HQ

https://www.sacredheartblackburn.co.uk/

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a Roman Catholic primary school maintained by the local authority (Blackburn with Darwen). It has about 170 boys and girls aged between 4 and 11. In February 2022 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

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

The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.

Choose what matters most to you with the menus below. By default, all indicators are set to ‘Relevant’ and are weighted equally in calculating overall scores for each school. Choose ‘Important’ for higher priorities and ‘Unimportant’ or ‘Ignore’ for lower priorities.

Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore	Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore

Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.1		St Silas's CofE Primary School
0.3		Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
0.3		Queen Elizabeth's Primary School
0.3		Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy
0.5		The Olive School Blackburn
0.6		St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
0.7		St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
0.8		St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn
0.9		Griffin Park Primary School
1.0		Lammack Primary School
1.0		St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School
1.1		St Michael With St John CofE Primary School

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 quite low and the offer rate is very high.

Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress in maths is above average. Progress in reading is below average. Progress in writing is excellent.

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

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

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very high, while crime is quite high.

Attainment: Poor. Maths attainment is poor, reading is poor and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

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

If you are from this school and have a comment or correction then please write to us: [email protected]