Ofsted inspection · 19/07/2023
Overview of Avondale Primary School · Primary · Blackburn with Darwen
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 72% | 12% | 83% | 40% | 76% | 14% | 79% | 36% | 79% | 81% | 107.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 19% | 402 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 14% | 82% | 26% | 72% | 18% | 86% | 32% | 77% | 79% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 15% | 406 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 11% | 79% | 25% | 75% | 16% | 79% | 32% | 79% | 80% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +1.50 | +2.30 | +2.00 | 14% | 399 |
| 2018/19 | 64% | 9% | 77% | 27% | 77% | 18% | 88% | 23% | 80% | 91% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 109.0 | -1.70 | -2.00 | -0.70 | 24% | 411 |
| 2017/18 | 47% | 5% | 58% | 14% | 69% | 14% | 66% | 22% | 78% | 71% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | -1.40 | -0.30 | +0.80 | 21% | 404 |
| 2016/17 | 47% | 5% | 64% | 8% | 76% | 17% | 68% | 17% | 85% | 80% | 100.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 | -1.80 | +1.50 | +0.70 | 18% | 412 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 402 | 21.6 | 19% | 6% | 28% | 4% | 9% |
| 2023/24 | 406 | 21.6 | 15% | 6% | 30% | 5% | 10% |
| 2022/23 | 399 | 20.6 | 14% | 4% | 29% | 5% | 9% |
| 2021/22 | 398 | 19.0 | 16% | 4% | 26% | 5% | 13% |
| 2020/21 | 405 | 21.5 | 20% | 4% | 25% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 411 | 20.8 | 24% | 3% | 26% | 3% | 6% |
| 2017/18 | 404 | 20.4 | 21% | 4% | 26% | 4% | 8% |
| 2016/17 | 412 | 18.1 | 18% | 4% | 30% | 4% | 9% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.