Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · BLACKBURN, Blackburn with Darwen
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in BLACKBURN, Blackburn with Darwen for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 December 2022. Blackburn with Darwen has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as did 29 of the 43 other Blackburn with Darwen primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 41 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 32% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen is 50%.
- The school has 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Blackburn with Darwen schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Shorrock Lane, BLACKBURN, BB2 4TT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils skip happily into school each day.”
- “There is always a member of staff to welcome them warmly as they arrive.”
- “Pupils who are new settle in very quickly, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “On a few occasions, in a small number of subjects, these connections are less clear for pupils.”
- “This hinders them from developing an understanding of the bigger ideas in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 34 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Blackburn with Darwen.
- Meadowhead Junior School 0.1 mi Some aspects not as strong
- St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Griffin Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Longshaw Community Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good