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Audley Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Queens Park Road, Blackburn BB1 1SE · audleycominfschool.co.uk · 0125452065
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 280
- 93% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.1%
- First language not English
- 51.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 69 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 | 69 | 55 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 71 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 73 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 83 | 70 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 72 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Audley Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 22 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 32
- 11% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied