Academy converter · Primary
Blackburn · BB1 4HT · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119396
Rishton Methodist Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Blackburn · BB1 4JF
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
143
Local authority
Lancashire
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 voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Blackburn, Lancashire, 143 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 44.8%. Religious character: Methodist.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119396
Location
- Address
- George Street, Rishton
- Postcode
- BB1 4JF
- Town
- Blackburn
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: 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
- 143
- Boys / girls
- 69 / 74
- School capacity
- 226
- Capacity fill
- 143 / 226 (63%)
- Free school meals
- 44.8%
- FSM pupils
- 64
- 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
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Donna Higgens
- Telephone
- 01254887223
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
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-04-28
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)
- 71%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0