St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen

General Information

Address: Limes Avenue, DARWEN, BB3 2SG
Phone: 01254706264
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Leanne Brown
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Number of pupils: 165
School capacity: 210
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 25
% eligible for free school meals: 15.2%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 15.1%
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: 18.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £7,548 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

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 #13 of 49 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#11Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn£7,610
#12Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School£7,601
#13St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen£7,548
#14St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School£7,402
#15Brookhouse Primary School£7,362

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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 Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School£10,089
#2Shadsworth Infant School£9,112
#3St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School£8,695
#4Holy Trinity VC School£8,667
#5Turton Belmont Community Primary School£8,547
#6Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy£8,120
#7Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary£8,106
#8St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn£7,976
#9St Antony's RC Primary School£7,842
#10St Matthew's Church of England Primary School£7,819
#11Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn£7,610
#12Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School£7,601
#13St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen£7,548
#14St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School£7,402
#15Brookhouse Primary School£7,362
#16St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy£7,290
#17St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn£7,218
#18St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,170
#19St James' Church of England Primary School£7,160
#20Intack Primary School£7,093
#21St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn£7,061
#22Roe Lee Park Primary School£6,959
#23Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn£6,903
#24St Michael With St John CofE Primary School£6,776
#25Griffin Park Primary School£6,730
#26Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn£6,723
#27Daisyfield Primary School£6,709
#28Avondale Primary School£6,671
#29Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School£6,583
#30Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School£6,583
#31St Stephen's Church of England Primary School£6,552
#32Ashleigh Primary School£6,463
#33St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn£6,458
#34Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary£6,400
#35Cedars Primary School£6,398
#36Lower Darwen Primary School£6,351
#37St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,338
#38St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School£6,223
#39Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School£6,210
#40St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn£6,137
#41St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn£6,088
#42The Olive School, Blackburn£6,086
#43Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy£6,068
#44Belthorn Academy Primary School£5,992
#45Feniscowles Primary School£5,922
#46St Silas's CofE Primary School£5,771
#47Lammack Primary School£5,546
#48Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy£5,010
#49Queen Elizabeth's Primary School£4,564

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