Voluntary aided school · Primary
Great Harwood · BB6 7JQ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS256%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM32.6%
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 119162
Great Harwood Primary School
Community school · Blackburn · BB6 7JQ
Ages 3–11 · 210 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
40%
Overall absence
5.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-09-20
- 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. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)40%
Higher standard (RWM)5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.0%
Unauthorised2.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 158
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill67%
210 pupils · 315 places
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- Boys / girls
- 110 / 100
- School capacity
- 315
- Capacity fill
- 210 / 315 (67%)
- Free school meals
- 34.8%
- FSM pupils
- 73
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr John McKenna
Location
- Address
- Rushton Street, Great Harwood
- Postcode
- BB6 7JQ
- Town
- Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
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, Lancashire, 210 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 34.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB6 7ES · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS233%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM46.2%
0.3 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB6 7QA · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS252%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM32.2%
0.5 miles away
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB6 7SN · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS257%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM16.8%
0.8 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 4DT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM34.6%
1.0 miles away
Rishton Methodist Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 4JF · Lancashire
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM44.8%
1.2 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Accrington · BB5 5HT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM18.7%
1.2 miles away
St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 4HT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- FSM17.4%
1.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr John McKenna
- Telephone
- 01254880810