St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood

St Hubert’s Roman Catholic Primary School is a happy, caring and ambitious school where pupils achieve well. Inspectors found strong provision across the curriculum, early years, behaviour and personal development, and leadership. Children get off to a strong start in Reception, reading is prioritised through expert phonics teaching, and pupils with SEND are identified accurately and supported effectively. Pupils behave well, attend regularly and benefit from a wide range of clubs and wider opportunities.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud, kind and act out the school’s values such as forgiveness, friendship and respect
• Pupils feel safe and enjoy positive relationships with staff
• Staff have high expectations and pupils achieve well across a broad range of subjects
• The early years curriculum is well designed and children make a strong start
• The curriculum is broad, knowledge-rich, ambitious and clearly sequenced
• Staff receive appropriate training that supports workload and well-being
• Reading is prioritised, with expert daily phonics teaching and effective catch-up support
• The school has an extensive library with diverse books that spark pupils’ interests
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and access the curriculum alongside their peers
• Pupils behave well, attend regularly and are punctual
• Pupils benefit from an extensive range of clubs and wider development opportunities
• Governors know the school’s strengths and priorities and provide appropriate support and challenge
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, learning activities are not always matched closely enough to the knowledge the school intends pupils to learn
• Assessment checks are sometimes not detailed enough, so gaps and misconceptions are not identified quickly and some pupils move on before they are ready

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 St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% 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, 1.4% of pupils at St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood 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 St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 16.8% of pupils at St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood received £7,144 and spent £6,992 for each of its 137 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £27,000 (£194 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 St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood last inspected by Ofsted?

St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood have?

St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood has 137 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood cover?

St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood?

St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is at Hallfield Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB6 7SN.