Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · DARWEN, 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
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Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in DARWEN, Blackburn with Darwen for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Blackburn with Darwen has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Darwen St Peter's Church of England 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25: 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen.
- For Reception 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- It has 18.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 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
- Turncroft Road, DARWEN, BB3 2BW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are greeted warmly each morning by kind and caring staff.”
- “Pupils value the positive relationships with staff and their peers.”
To improve
- “This is also true for the proportion of pupils in Year 1 who meet the expected standard in the phonics screening check.”
- “However, leaders do not analyse incidents as well as they could to spot patterns and trends to ensure the number of incidents reduces over time.”
- “However, staff are not as adept at consistently addressing errors in pupils' use of punctuation and spelling.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2026 (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) | 43% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity VC School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashleigh Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Avondale Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published