Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Mount St James, Stanhill Road, Blackburn, BB1 2DR
Phone: 01254667222
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Marie Mensah
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Number of pupils: 150
School capacity: 210
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 46
% eligible for free school meals: 30.7%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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Attendance

Overall absence: 5.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 19.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

Report card assessment - see full report 2026 report

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Financials

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Spending per pupil: £7,284 (2024-25)

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A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #19 of 33 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#17St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood£7,352
#18Great Harwood Primary School£7,296
#19Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy£7,284
#20Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,269
#21Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School£7,209

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1St Peter's CofE Primary School£9,688
#2Green Haworth Church of England Primary School£9,329
#3St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£8,586
#4Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School£8,561
#5Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church£8,299
#6St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington£8,115
#7Rishton Methodist Primary School£8,028
#8Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School£8,015
#9St Nicholas Church of England Primary School£7,801
#10Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School£7,711
#11Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School£7,681
#12Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary School£7,651
#13Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School£7,539
#14Altham St James Church of England Primary School£7,532
#15Accrington Woodnook Primary School£7,420
#16St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors£7,407
#17St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood£7,352
#18Great Harwood Primary School£7,296
#19Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy£7,284
#20Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,269
#21Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School£7,209
#22Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School£7,171
#23Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School£7,135
#24Accrington Huncoat Primary School£7,105
#25Accrington Peel Park Primary School£6,795
#26Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School£6,661
#27St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle£6,598
#28Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School£6,590
#29Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,346
#30St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood£6,203
#31Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School£6,188
#32Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School£6,057
#33Oswaldtwistle West End Primary School£5,833

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