Longshaw Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · 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
Longshaw Infant School is a primary school in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen for ages 4–7 (community school). Blackburn with Darwen has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Longshaw Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 29 of the 43 other Blackburn with Darwen primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 70 first-choice applications for 74 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 42.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 40.6% 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
- Crosby Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils settle into school quickly at the start of each day, full of enthusiasm for the day ahead.”
- “In the early years, children are reassured by the warm welcome that they receive from staff.”
- “There are very few tears as their parents leave.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are absent more persistently.”
- “On a very small number of occasions, lessons are not as carefully designed.”
- “When this happens, pupils find it more difficult to explain what they have learned.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 74 offers in total, 70 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.
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Longshaw Community Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lower Darwen Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.9 mi School remains Good
- St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged