St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen

Ofsted

–Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 15 January 2025, published 4 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available — 0.88 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• –Holy Trinity VC School 0.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
• ▲Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
• ▲Ashleigh Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• !Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary 1.2 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
• ▲Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• –Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy 1.5 km · No overall grade (2025)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.