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Longshaw Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Crosby Road, Blackburn BB2 3NF · longshawinfants.co.uk · 01254 260534
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 203
- 75% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 42.9%
- First language not English
- 19.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 74 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 74 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Longshaw Infant School on 6 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 6 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Sept 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 12
- 5% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied