Primary
Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Commons Lane, Balderstone, Blackburn, BB2 7LL
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 106 of 105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 7.8
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 95
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 September 2023
Good
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)
112.0
6.7 above the Blackburn average (105.3 across 49 schools)
5th 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 | 108 |
| Average reading score | 112 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 79% |
| Working at a higher standard | 14% |
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 | 77% |
| 24/25 | 79% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 112.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
Commons Lane, Balderstone, Blackburn, BB2 7LL
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
- Nicola Draycott
- Address
- Commons Lane, Balderstone, Blackburn, BB2 7LL
- Telephone
- 01254769150
Other primary schools nearby
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston7.0/10
- Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School6.0/10
- Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School4.4/10
- Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge6.2/10
- Samlesbury Church of England School6.8/10
- Lammack Primary School7.2/10