St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
Primary school in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen. Requires improvement (May 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 1 May 2024, report published 3 July 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| 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 November 2026
The last inspection was in May 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.
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 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesSt Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
School remains Good (Jan 2020)
- 0.3 milesAvondale Primary School
School remains Good (Jul 2023)
- 0.9 milesDarwen St James CofE Primary Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Jul 2025)
- 1.0 milesHoly Trinity VC School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Mar 2025)
- 1.1 milesLower Darwen Primary School
Good (Mar 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.