Overview of St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn · 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 | 66% | 2% | 83% | 28% | 67% | 3% | 90% | 45% | 78% | 90% | 107.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 | — | — | — | 22% | 436 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 7% | 64% | 23% | 80% | 11% | 77% | 23% | 80% | 70% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 22% | 439 |
| 2022/23 | 59% | 7% | 64% | 25% | 73% | 14% | 75% | 19% | 76% | 76% | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 | -2.30 | -1.50 | -1.70 | 23% | 434 |
| 2018/19 | 56% | 12% | 59% | 17% | 90% | 32% | 76% | 17% | 92% | 73% | 101.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 | -3.20 | +3.00 | -0.90 | 16% | 432 |
| 2017/18 | 71% | 10% | 81% | 24% | 93% | 36% | 81% | 26% | 90% | 90% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +0.70 | +4.30 | +1.60 | 19% | 461 |
| 2016/17 | 65% | 13% | 77% | 24% | 87% | 29% | 82% | 21% | 92% | 89% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +1.50 | +4.00 | +1.80 | 28% | 454 |
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 | 436 | 18.4 | 22% | 98% | 20% | 7% | 20% |
| 2023/24 | 439 | 18.4 | 22% | 94% | 24% | 7% | 22% |
| 2022/23 | 434 | 23.0 | 23% | 93% | 24% | 8% | 28% |
| 2021/22 | 447 | 25.6 | 21% | 80% | 22% | 7% | 27% |
| 2020/21 | 425 | 22.1 | 20% | 93% | 17% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 432 | 18.4 | 16% | 77% | 17% | 5% | 13% |
| 2017/18 | 461 | 17.4 | 19% | 82% | 19% | 5% | 8% |
| 2016/17 | 454 | 18.6 | 28% | 91% | 20% | 5% | 13% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.