Brookhouse Primary School
Community school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 6NY · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119222
Cedars Primary School
Community school · Blackburn · BB1 8HQ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
407
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, 407 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 20.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 8EG · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
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St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 5PE · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
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Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 8QN · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
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St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 8QN · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
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Daisyfield Primary School
Community school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 5LB · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
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Roe Lee Park Primary School
Community school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 9RP · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
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St Michael With St John CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 6LE · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119222
Location
- Address
- St. James's Road
- Postcode
- BB1 8HQ
- Town
- Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- District
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 407
- Boys / girls
- 200 / 207
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 407 / 420 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 20.5%
- FSM pupils
- 74
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Truman
- Telephone
- 01254261609
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-11-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 75%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0