Lammack Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.849 miles
Published by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Lammack Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. Blackburn with Darwen has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Lammack Primary School 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 | 0.849 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 7.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.849 miles away, the 7th shortest of 14 Blackburn with Darwen primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 87 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 71 offers went to first-choice families and 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Lammack Road, Blackburn, BB1 8LH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 548 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “Warm and friendly relationships exist between pupils and their teachers.”
- “Pupils said that they feel happy, safe and secure.”
- “They enjoy being part of this large school which has a small family feel.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects in key stages 1 and 2, teachers do not revisit past learning regularly enough.”
- “When this happens, pupils’ learning is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 81% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 87 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 71 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.
- St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cedars Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Silas's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookhouse Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published