St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Voluntary aided primary school in Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen).
Location
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Being different, belonging together in the family of God. Welcome to St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Welcome to St Mary & St Josephs RC Primary School.
Our relationships are based firmly upon strong Catholic values where we put God into the centre of everything we do and we truly live by our motto of Being different, belonging together in the family of God. 16 October 2025 Harvest Food Bank Collection Today we had a non-uniform day in exchange for tins of soup for Blackburn Foodbank. St P...
14 October 2025 Harvest Mass Today Fr. Ged Barry came in to school to celebrate a Mass for us with the theme of Harvest and givin... 26 June 2025 Athletics Superstars 🌟 Please enter some content for your news story here. 26 June 2025 Cricket Team 🏏 Please enter some content for your news story here.
26 June 2025 NORTH WEST REGIONAL FNALS 🥌 Please enter some content for your news story here. 11 June 2025 Health Week - UV Dodgeball @ OLSJ
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Music
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 119513
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (9 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Ashcroft | Chair of Governors | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2021 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Farhana Chowdhury | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Yasmin Firfirey | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Anne-Marie Parker | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lynda Marie Baldwin | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Teresa Dorothy Woloszczuk | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Aldo Staffa | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Kieran Georgy | Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Father Gerard Barry | Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2013 |
| Councillor Saima Afzal Former | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Looqman Mulla Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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