What did School Atlas judge St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho's summary of 6 ofsted judgements to be?

School Atlas judged St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho's summary of 6 ofsted judgements as Expected standard at its inspection in January 2026, on School Atlas's own scale.

How many pupils attend St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho?

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho has 274 pupils on roll.

What ages does St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho take?

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho located?

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho is located in Blackburn, BB6 8EQ, Lancashire.

How do I apply to St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho?

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Does St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho have a religious character?

Yes — St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho has a religious character of Roman Catholic. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How are Reception places decided at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho?

When St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Exceptional need — Children with an exceptional social, medical, educational or religious need which can be best met, or only met at this school; 3. Baptised RC with sibling, in parish — Baptised Roman Catholic children who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission and are resident in the parishes of St Mary's Langho or English Martyrs Whalley, and 7 further criteria. The school offers 45 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre. Where the cut off point is for addresses within the same building, then the single measure between address points will apply and the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s).

What is the largest ethnic background at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 89.4% of pupils at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after children — Looked after children or a child who was previously looked after, but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order, or special guardianship order or those children who appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Exceptional need — Children with an exceptional social, medical, educational or religious need which can be best met, or only met at this school.
3Baptised RC with sibling, in parish — Baptised Roman Catholic children who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission and are resident in the parishes of St Mary's Langho or English Martyrs Whalley.
4Baptised RC, in parish — Baptised Roman Catholic children who are resident in the parishes of St Mary’s Langho or English Martyrs Whalley.
5Baptised RC with sibling, other parish — Other baptised Roman Catholic children who will have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission and are resident in another parish.
6Catholic staff children — Catholic children of a staff member, with two or more years service at the date the child enters the school.
7Baptised RC, other parish — Other baptised Roman Catholic children who are resident in another parish.
8Staff children — Children of a staff member with two or more years service at the date the child enters the school.
9Sibling, other children — Other children with a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission.
10Other children — Other children.

If two applications tie: Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre. Where the cut off point is for addresses within the same building, then the single measure between address points will apply and the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s).

Document also sets separate arrangements for a pre-school class (planned admission of 10) with its own oversubscription criteria, but this is not a statutory Reception/Year entry point and is not included as a separate entry.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.