St Antony's RC Primary School | Primary in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen | Ofsted & DfE

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

221

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

221

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

221

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Standards maintained

Ofsted inspection · 13/11/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBlackburn with Darwen

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St Antony's RC Primary School · Primary · Blackburn with Darwen

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

50%

-13pp

86%68%50%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 50%

RWM higher standard

-3pp

14%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

83%

Reading higher standard

23%

Writing expected standard

63%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

77%

Maths higher standard

17%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

90%

SPAG higher standard

30%

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

107.0

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

221

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

35%

FSM eligible

45%

SEN

28%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

10%

Contact

Address

Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, BB1 2HP

Local authority

Blackburn with Darwen

Website

www.stantonysrc.co.uk

Telephone

0125454686

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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	50%	7%	83%	23%	63%	13%	77%	17%	73%	90%	106.0	105.0	107.0	—	—	—	28%	221
2023/24	63%	10%	93%	37%	67%	13%	83%	27%	77%	73%	107.0	105.0	107.0	—	—	—	28%	229
2022/23	53%	0%	80%	27%	60%	3%	77%	13%	77%	77%	106.0	103.0	105.0	+1.80	-2.10	-0.50	19%	226
2018/19	55%	14%	72%	24%	72%	21%	79%	21%	90%	72%	102.0	104.0	103.0	+0.00	+0.10	+1.50	36%	226
2017/18	86%	7%	86%	36%	86%	18%	86%	11%	86%	82%	109.0	105.0	109.0	+3.60	+1.90	+2.10	28%	228
2016/17	58%	6%	61%	13%	61%	23%	74%	13%	74%	71%	102.0	103.0	103.0	+0.90	-2.30	+1.20	20%	230

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	221	20.7	28%	35%	45%	5%	10%
2023/24	229	20.8	28%	34%	47%	6%	19%
2022/23	226	21.8	19%	36%	44%	6%	18%
2021/22	223	21.9	27%	33%	42%	8%	27%
2020/21	223	22.0	30%	34%	36%	—	—
2018/19	226	22.3	36%	35%	32%	4%	11%
2017/18	228	19.0	28%	35%	35%	5%	12%
2016/17	230	26.1	20%	33%	34%	5%	15%