Longshaw Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
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.
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Key facts
- Address
- Crosby Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as Blackburn with Darwen published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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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