Ofsted inspection · 12/11/2019
Overview of Cedars 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 | 70% | 11% | 83% | 48% | 74% | 11% | 93% | 52% | 85% | 87% | 108.0 | 110.0 | 112.0 | — | — | — | 25% | 416 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 18% | 79% | 32% | 80% | 27% | 82% | 48% | 93% | 82% | 106.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 397 |
| 2022/23 | 75% | 11% | 78% | 30% | 81% | 17% | 79% | 32% | 84% | 84% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +1.90 | +2.90 | +3.10 | 13% | 396 |
| 2018/19 | 62% | 7% | 67% | 22% | 79% | 24% | 74% | 21% | 83% | 79% | 102.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 | +1.90 | +3.90 | +1.90 | 19% | 396 |
| 2017/18 | 56% | 4% | 65% | 10% | 72% | 18% | 75% | 16% | 74% | 75% | 101.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | -1.60 | +0.90 | +0.40 | 17% | 437 |
| 2016/17 | 32% | 3% | 38% | 8% | 69% | 15% | 51% | 6% | 83% | 74% | 98.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | -3.30 | +1.50 | -2.00 | 16% | 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
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 416 | 18.8 | 25% | 95% | 20% | 6% | 16% |
| 2023/24 | 397 | 18.0 | 16% | 97% | 19% | 5% | 16% |
| 2022/23 | 396 | 20.8 | 13% | 98% | 17% | 7% | 22% |
| 2021/22 | 398 | 20.3 | 15% | 96% | 18% | 7% | 23% |
| 2020/21 | 358 | 18.7 | 16% | 96% | 16% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 396 | 18.5 | 19% | 86% | 22% | 4% | 12% |
| 2017/18 | 437 | 18.7 | 17% | 78% | 26% | 5% | 9% |
| 2016/17 | 483 | 19.2 | 16% | 81% | 32% | 5% | 10% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.