Primary
Rishton Methodist Primary School
George Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4JF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 143 of 226 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 15.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 165
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
79%
15 points above the Blackburn average (64% across 49 schools)
106.0
0.7 above the Blackburn average (105.3 across 49 schools)
22nd of 49 by our score, among the primary schools in Blackburn we can score - 54 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 79% |
| Working at a higher standard | 4% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 57% |
| 24/25 | 79% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
George Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4JF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Donna Higgens
- Address
- George Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4JF
- Telephone
- 01254887223
Other primary schools nearby
- St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyNot enough data
- Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School6.2/10
- Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary School7.0/10
- Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School5.3/10
- Great Harwood Primary School5.6/10
- St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood4.3/10