St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
Voluntary aided primary school in DARWEN (Blackburn with Darwen).
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Nearby schools
nearest first17 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Holy Trinity VC School, 0.3 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity VC SchoolVoluntary controlled | 0.3 mi | Primary | 119 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 1 key judgement, Requires improvement in 3; early years provision Requires improvement |
| Darwen Aldridge Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 0.3 mi | Secondary | 1,036 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 3 key judgements, Requires improvement in 1; sixth form provision Good |
| Aldridge UTC DarwenStudio schools | 0.4 mi | Secondary | 275 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 6 |
| Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.5 mi | Primary | 240 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 5 |
| Turncroft Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery | 0.5 mi | Nursery | 58 | Ungraded inspection, May 2025Last graded Outstanding (Nov 2014) |
| Ashleigh Primary SchoolFoundation | 0.7 mi | Primary | 220 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Oct 2012) |
| Darwen Aldridge Sudell PrimaryAcademy converter | 0.7 mi | Primary | 167 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 4 |
| Aurora Woodlands SchoolOther independent special | 0.8 mi | Special | 64 | - |
| Darwen St James CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 0.8 mi | Primary | 203 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Good |
| Avondale Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.8 mi | Primary | 400 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2023Last graded Good (Jun 2018) |
| Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter | 1.0 mi | Primary | 207 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Sep 2017) |
| Crosshill Special SchoolAcademy special converter | 1.0 mi | Special | 183 | Good, 2021 |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.2 mi | Primary | 184 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Primary | 198 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2020Last graded Good (Jun 2016, previous school). This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.6 mi | Primary | 237 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Darwen Vale High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Secondary | 1,039 | Good, 2024 |
| Lower Darwen Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.9 mi | Primary | 382 | Good, 2023 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 20% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 2 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 125
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