Feniscowles Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.474 miles
Published by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Feniscowles 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 14 March 2023. Blackburn with Darwen has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Feniscowles 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 | 1.474 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.474 miles away, the 3rd longest of 14 Blackburn with Darwen primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 69 first-choice applications for 60 offers, with 56 offers going to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families not offered a place.
- 9.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.7% 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
- Livesey Branch Road, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5EG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff are ambitious for all pupils to be successful at this school.”
- “Most pupils work hard to meet the high expectations that staff have of them.”
- “Pupils strive to live up to the school values of inclusion, compassion and endeavour.”
To improve
- “That said, there are a few subjects where a small number of teachers lack the knowledge that they need to deliver the curriculum as intended.”
- “This means that some pupils do not achieve as well as they should in these subjects.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not considered how some of the key knowledge that children learn in the early years is effectively built upon in the Year 1 curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2023 (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) | 56% | 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: 69 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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 Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadowhead Junior School 1.3 mi Some aspects not as strong
- Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Griffin Park Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published