St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

About St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, sits within the Blackburn with Darwen local authority, one of 56 primary schools in the area. While the LA counts just four primaries with an Outstanding Ofsted rating, St Edward's holds a solid Good rating, a status it has maintained since its last graded inspection in 2016. Among its local peers, the top-performing primary is The Olive School, Blackburn, followed closely by Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary and St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School, both of which share a ranking score of 81. The nearest Outstanding-rated school to St Edward's is Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary, just 1.6 kilometres away. This places St Edward's in a competitive local landscape where a handful of schools achieve the top Ofsted grade, but the school itself has demonstrated consistent quality, having improved from a Requires Improvement rating in its 2014 inspection to Good by 2016, a trajectory that suggests effective leadership under headteacher Vannessa Knowles.

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