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Cedars Primary School

Primary

Blackburn with Darwen · Blackburn · BB1 8HQ www.cedarsprimaryschool.co.uk

Pupils
416
cap. 420
Ages
3 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
70%
RWM expected · 2024/25
11%
RWM higher · 2024/25
416
Pupils · 2024/25
95%
EAL · 2024/25
16%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
70%
RWM expected · 2024/25
11%
RWM higher · 2024/25
416
Pupils · 2024/25
95%
EAL · 2024/25
16%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 12/11/2019

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityBlackburn with Darwen
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio21.9:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterDoes not apply
StatusOpen

Overview of Cedars Primary School · Primary · Blackburn with Darwen

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard
70%
-5pp
75%66%56%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 70%
RWM higher standard
11%
-7pp
18%11%4%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
83%
Reading higher standard
48%
Writing expected standard
74%
Writing higher standard
11%
Maths expected standard
93%
Maths higher standard
52%
Science expected standard
85%
SPAG expected standard
87%
SPAG higher standard
72%
Reading scaled score
108.0
Maths scaled score
110.0
GPS scaled score
112.0

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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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
416
Pupil : teacher ratio
21.9
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
95%
FSM eligible
20%
SEN
25%
Overall absence
6%
Persistent absence
16%

Contact

Address
St. James's Road, Blackburn, BB1 8HQ
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2570%11%83%48%74%11%93%52%85%87%108.0110.0112.025%416
2023/2475%18%79%32%80%27%82%48%93%82%106.0108.0110.016%397
2022/2375%11%78%30%81%17%79%32%84%84%105.0105.0108.0+1.90+2.90+3.1013%396
2018/1962%7%67%22%79%24%74%21%83%79%102.0104.0106.0+1.90+3.90+1.9019%396
2017/1856%4%65%10%72%18%75%16%74%75%101.0103.0104.0-1.60+0.90+0.4017%437
2016/1732%3%38%8%69%15%51%6%83%74%98.0100.0105.0-3.30+1.50-2.0016%483

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

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2541618.825%95%20%6%16%
2023/2439718.016%97%19%5%16%
2022/2339620.813%98%17%7%22%
2021/2239820.315%96%18%7%23%
2020/2135818.716%96%16%
2018/1939618.519%86%22%4%12%
2017/1843718.717%78%26%5%9%
2016/1748319.216%81%32%5%10%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.