Overview of St James' Church of England 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 | 50% | 4% | 68% | 11% | 54% | 7% | 61% | 14% | 79% | 64% | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 | — | — | — | 17% | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 7% | 93% | 37% | 67% | 10% | 67% | 13% | 70% | 57% | 108.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 191 |
| 2022/23 | 52% | 7% | 72% | 28% | 59% | 10% | 72% | 21% | 76% | 76% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 | +0.60 | -1.10 | +0.60 | 14% | 184 |
| 2018/19 | 53% | 13% | 60% | 23% | 73% | 13% | 80% | 30% | 70% | 80% | 102.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | -2.10 | -1.90 | +0.40 | 17% | 206 |
| 2017/18 | 67% | 4% | 85% | 30% | 74% | 4% | 74% | 37% | 78% | 81% | 107.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 | +1.10 | -2.60 | +2.50 | 15% | 205 |
| 2016/17 | 76% | 14% | 83% | 38% | 79% | 21% | 86% | 24% | 83% | 76% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 | +3.70 | +1.80 | +2.80 | 16% | 206 |
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 | 191 | 20.3 | 17% | 20% | 27% | 5% | 13% |
| 2023/24 | 191 | 21.0 | 16% | 19% | 31% | 6% | 20% |
| 2022/23 | 184 | 16.3 | 14% | 17% | 28% | 6% | 18% |
| 2021/22 | 189 | 19.5 | 19% | 13% | 36% | 7% | 24% |
| 2020/21 | 191 | 19.7 | 19% | 12% | 31% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 206 | 20.2 | 17% | 10% | 31% | 5% | 10% |
| 2017/18 | 205 | 21.9 | 15% | 9% | 34% | 5% | 10% |
| 2016/17 | 206 | 21.9 | 16% | 7% | 37% | 5% | 11% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.