St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.143 miles
Published by the school · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. The school has published a last distance offered on its own website for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Gabriel'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 | 0.143 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.143 miles away, the shortest of 14 Blackburn with Darwen primary schools with a published last distance.
- Compared with 2025 and 2024, the Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 29 offers going to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families not offered a place.
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
- Wilworth Crescent, Blackburn, BB1 8QN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this happy and harmonious school.”
- “They enjoy their learning and spending time with friends.”
- “Pupils value opportunities to participate in clubs that extend their talents and interests.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, pupils are less well supported to remember their learning over time.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils do not develop a secure body of knowledge.”
- “This is because they struggle to recall and build on their previous learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (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) | 69% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Roe Lee Park Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cedars Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lammack Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookhouse Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Daisyfield Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published