Overview of St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 | 70% | 7% | 82% | 22% | 80% | 13% | 85% | 37% | 83% | 88% | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 29% | 421 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 5% | 80% | 15% | 80% | 5% | 83% | 12% | 87% | 87% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 | — | — | — | 29% | 418 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 8% | 68% | 17% | 77% | 22% | 78% | 17% | 82% | 77% | 104.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 | -0.20 | +2.90 | +0.60 | 20% | 420 |
| 2018/19 | 91% | 18% | 93% | 48% | 91% | 23% | 95% | 77% | 77% | 93% | 109.0 | 112.0 | 114.0 | +5.90 | +2.90 | +7.90 | 10% | 393 |
| 2017/18 | 90% | 33% | 97% | 56% | 90% | 36% | 100% | 69% | 90% | 100% | 110.0 | 112.0 | 117.0 | +6.30 | +4.10 | +9.00 | 53% | 359 |
| 2016/17 | 80% | 10% | 98% | 50% | 83% | 13% | 100% | 78% | 93% | 100% | 109.0 | 114.0 | 115.0 | +6.30 | +1.20 | +11.00 | 55% | 337 |
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 | 421 | 20.2 | 29% | 94% | 32% | 4% | 7% |
| 2023/24 | 418 | 16.8 | 29% | 90% | 31% | 4% | 8% |
| 2022/23 | 420 | 19.1 | 20% | 87% | 35% | 7% | 21% |
| 2021/22 | 420 | 19.1 | 22% | 90% | 36% | 6% | 21% |
| 2020/21 | 420 | 21.2 | 25% | 79% | 34% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 393 | 23.1 | 10% | 73% | 31% | 4% | 7% |
| 2017/18 | 359 | 21.1 | 53% | 69% | 34% | 4% | 6% |
| 2016/17 | 337 | 20.1 | 55% | 74% | 35% | 4% | 5% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.