Primary
The Olive School, Blackburn
Meins Road, Blackburn, BB2 6QQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 638 of 630 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 52.4
- Pupils per adult
- 12.2
- Pupils
- 638
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
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
98%
34 points above the Blackburn average (64% across 49 schools)
111.0
5.7 above the Blackburn average (105.3 across 49 schools)
1st 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 | 113 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 98% |
| Working at a higher standard | 24% |
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 | 92% |
| 23/24 | 95% |
| 24/25 | 98% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 112.0 |
| 24/25 | 113.0 |
Meins Road, Blackburn, BB2 6QQ
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.
Blackburn with Darwen 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
- Executive Headteacher
- Smeena Riaz
- Address
- Meins Road, Blackburn, BB2 6QQ
- Telephone
- 0125454070