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This school is closed. The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2023/24.
Overview of Balshaw Lane Community Primary School · Primary · Lancashire
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2023/24 · 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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2023/24
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 60% | 10% | 73% | 27% | 85% | 23% | 67% | 23% | 100% | 67% | 105.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 12% | 388 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 10% | 85% | 43% | 78% | 18% | 75% | 20% | 100% | 83% | 107.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | +0.60 | -0.30 | -2.10 | 11% | 366 |
| 2018/19 | 61% | 5% | 71% | 29% | 79% | 16% | 74% | 26% | 82% | 84% | 103.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 | +0.40 | +1.10 | -0.40 | 7% | 301 |
| 2017/18 | 79% | 8% | 87% | 29% | 89% | 24% | 95% | 18% | 100% | 92% | 107.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | +1.60 | +1.10 | +1.10 | 8% | 283 |
| 2016/17 | 77% | 13% | 85% | 31% | 92% | 23% | 85% | 31% | 97% | 90% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | +0.30 | +0.90 | +0.40 | 9% | 276 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 388 | 21.2 | 12% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 9% |
| 2022/23 | 366 | 21.0 | 11% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 12% |
| 2021/22 | 361 | 23.7 | 11% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 10% |
| 2020/21 | 344 | 24.1 | 8% | 4% | 6% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 301 | 23.2 | 7% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 4% |
| 2017/18 | 283 | 23.8 | 8% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 4% |
| 2016/17 | 276 | 24.1 | 9% | 7% | 9% | 3% | 2% |
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