St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Voluntary aided schoolPrimaryAges 4–11MixedRoman Catholic

Bennington Street, Blackburn, BB2 3HP

Headteacher · Mrs A Thomson

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 29 July 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils203Capacity 210

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 13 October 2022

Free school meals28.6%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 13 October 2022.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Blackburn with Darwen council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

26 of the 33 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered30

Applications106

First choice33

First-choice offers26

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).