Primary
Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy
Knowlesly Road, Darwen, BB3 2JA
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 207 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 15.0
- Pupils per adult
- 13.5
- Pupils
- 202
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 2023
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
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
65%
13 points above the Darwen average (52% across 14 schools)
105.0
1.6 above the Darwen average (103.4 across 14 schools)
5th of 14 by our score, among the primary schools in Darwen we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 65% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 67% |
| 24/25 | 65% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Knowlesly Road, Darwen, BB3 2JA
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
- Head Teacher
- Rebecca Ham
- Address
- Knowlesly Road, Darwen, BB3 2JA
- Telephone
- 01254702996