St Silas's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · 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
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St Silas's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Blackburn with Darwen has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Silas's CofE 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
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 21 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 50 Blackburn with Darwen primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, including every first-choice family, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- St Silas Road, Blackburn, BB2 6JP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Pupils on roll
- 311 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a strong sense of belonging at St Silas’s CofE Primary School.”
- “They know that all members of the school community care greatly about them.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, pupils do not learn as well as they could, as leaders are yet to refine the content of the curriculum.”
- “That said, in some subjects, sometimes teachers do not give pupils the time that they need to practise new learning.”
- “This occasionally hinders them from embedding their learning in the long term.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 59% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 13 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.
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Olive School, Blackburn 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Griffin Park Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published