Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy | School performance

37%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

30%

EAL · 2024/25

33%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

37%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

30%

EAL · 2024/25

33%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

37%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

194

Pupils · 2024/25

30%

EAL · 2024/25

33%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Inadequate

Ofsted inspection · 22/02/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBlackburn with Darwen

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy · Primary · Blackburn with Darwen

Part ofCIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

37%

+9pp

39%29%19%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 37%

RWM higher standard

0pp

0%0%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

53%

Reading higher standard

Writing expected standard

47%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

63%

Maths higher standard

11%

Science expected standard

63%

SPAG expected standard

42%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

99.0

Maths scaled score

100.0

GPS scaled score

99.0

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

194

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

30%

FSM eligible

55%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

33%

Contact

Address

St James Crescent, Darwen, BB3 0EY

Local authority

Blackburn with Darwen

Website

http://www.darwenstjames.co.uk

Telephone

01254703260

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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	37%	0%	53%	5%	47%	0%	63%	11%	63%	42%	99.0	100.0	99.0	—	—	—	21%	194
2023/24	28%	0%	38%	3%	34%	0%	34%	0%	72%	48%	98.0	96.0	99.0	—	—	—	18%	208
2022/23	19%	0%	27%	8%	31%	0%	38%	4%	54%	31%	98.0	96.0	99.0	-8.40	-7.20	-7.60	24%	218
2018/19	39%	0%	39%	11%	61%	11%	44%	6%	56%	56%	97.0	98.0	101.0	-4.20	+0.90	-1.90	18%	200
2017/18	35%	0%	47%	24%	59%	12%	53%	6%	59%	59%	99.0	98.0	102.0	-3.20	-1.40	-4.10	21%	189
2016/17	40%	0%	45%	10%	60%	0%	60%	10%	90%	65%	100.0	102.0	103.0	-1.40	-2.50	-0.50	30%	172

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	194	26.5	21%	30%	55%	7%	33%
2023/24	208	32.9	18%	31%	51%	10%	36%
2022/23	218	32.7	24%	22%	55%	7%	26%
2021/22	213	26.9	17%	20%	52%	8%	36%
2020/21	183	25.8	20%	14%	48%	—	—
2018/19	200	27.5	18%	10%	62%	9%	31%
2017/18	189	23.0	21%	13%	62%	10%	33%
2016/17	172	23.6	30%	14%	56%	9%	34%