Audley Infant School
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
Audley Infant School 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 23 February 2024. Blackburn with Darwen has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Audley 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 29 of the 43 other Blackburn with Darwen primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 55 first-choice applications for 69 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 50 Blackburn with Darwen primary schools.
- In 2026 every first-choice family was offered a Reception place, and 14 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 17.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 39.9% 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
- Queens Park Road, Blackburn, BB1 1SE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 280 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this welcoming school where everyone feels valued regardless of their differences.”
- “The school is ambitious for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Staff effectively support pupils in developing their vocabulary and spoken English.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the school has not ensured that teachers have the subject knowledge that they need to be able to teach the curriculum well.”
- “This means that some teachers do not cover aspects of the curriculum in sufficient detail.”
- “This leads to some pupils having gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 69 offers in total, 55 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.
- Audley Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Antony's RC Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shadsworth Junior School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Longshaw Community Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good