Holy Trinity VC School
Primary school in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen. No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Mar 2025).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025, report published 8 May 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2029
The last inspection was in March 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesSt Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
Standards maintained (Jan 2025)
- 0.5 milesDarwen St James CofE Primary Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jul 2025)
- 0.6 milesDarwen Aldridge Sudell Primary
Report card, Mar 2026: 3 expected, 4 needs attention
- 0.6 milesDarwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Report card, May 2026: 2 strong, 5 expected
- 0.6 milesAvondale Primary School
School remains Good (Jul 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.