Overview of Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England 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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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% | 5% | 78% | 35% | 77% | 5% | 87% | 37% | 77% | 80% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 3% | 77% | 30% | 79% | 5% | 90% | 26% | 79% | 90% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 456 |
| 2022/23 | 52% | 2% | 53% | 22% | 90% | 10% | 72% | 20% | 83% | 78% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 | -1.10 | +3.80 | +1.30 | 19% | 458 |
| 2018/19 | 60% | 12% | 63% | 25% | 70% | 13% | 87% | 28% | 72% | 82% | 103.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 | +0.50 | -0.10 | +3.60 | 15% | 474 |
| 2017/18 | 75% | 8% | 82% | 25% | 83% | 12% | 95% | 35% | 87% | 93% | 106.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 | +0.20 | -0.50 | +3.40 | 15% | 468 |
| 2016/17 | 53% | 2% | 58% | 5% | 78% | 10% | 71% | 8% | 81% | 69% | 99.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 | -3.00 | +1.50 | -0.70 | 26% | 477 |
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 | 459 | 22.7 | 18% | 66% | 23% | 6% | 14% |
| 2023/24 | 456 | 31.2 | 18% | 66% | 22% | 6% | 15% |
| 2022/23 | 458 | 23.9 | 19% | 65% | 23% | 8% | 24% |
| 2021/22 | 465 | 20.0 | 22% | 66% | 20% | 6% | 19% |
| 2020/21 | 460 | 22.4 | 19% | 61% | 17% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 474 | 19.6 | 15% | 62% | 20% | 4% | 6% |
| 2017/18 | 468 | 21.1 | 15% | 62% | 20% | 4% | 6% |
| 2016/17 | 477 | 23.1 | 26% | 63% | 20% | 4% | 6% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.