Community school · Primary
BLACKBURN · BB2 4TT · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 3–7
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119121
Meadowhead Junior School
Community school · Blackburn · BB2 4QG
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 7–11
Pupils
201
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 7–11, in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, 201 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 61.2%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119121
Location
- Address
- Anglesey Street
- Postcode
- BB2 4QG
- 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
- 201
- Boys / girls
- 96 / 105
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 201 / 240 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 61.2%
- FSM pupils
- 123
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Jason Newsham
- Telephone
- 01254209871
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
2019-09-24
- 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)
- 54%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0