Longshaw Community Junior School

Longshaw Community Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils express a high level of enjoyment and feel secure and well-supported, with positive behavior evident both in classrooms and during playtimes. The school has a structured approach to teaching reading, with appropriate support in place for those who need it. This has resulted in most pupils making good progress in their reading skills. Furthermore, the school is committed to developing the whole child, providing a range of experiences that prepare students for their future roles in society.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe, and well cared for.
• High expectations for work and behavior lead to good pupil achievement.
• Pupils enjoy a variety of clubs and learning opportunities.
• Leaders provide effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong focus on developing reading skills across the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Key knowledge and vocabulary not precisely identified in a small number of subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Longshaw Community Junior School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at Longshaw Community Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Longshaw Community Junior School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.7% of pupils at Longshaw Community Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Longshaw Community Junior School received £8,558 and spent £8,272 for each of its 334 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £336,000 (£1,006 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Longshaw Community Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longshaw Community Junior School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Longshaw Community Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Longshaw Community Junior School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Longshaw Community Junior School have?

Longshaw Community Junior School has 334 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longshaw Community Junior School cover?

Longshaw Community Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Longshaw Community Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Longshaw Community Junior School?

Longshaw Community Junior School is at Park Lee Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 3NX.