St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool | Primary in Blackpool | Ofsted & DfE

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

458

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

458

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

458

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 21/11/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBlackpool

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio19.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusOpen

Overview of St John Vianney's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool · Primary · Blackpool

Part ofTHE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

80%

80%80%80%

'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

5%5%5%

'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

87%

Reading higher standard

25%

Writing expected standard

82%

Writing higher standard

11%

Maths expected standard

89%

Maths higher standard

39%

Science expected standard

90%

SPAG expected standard

85%

SPAG higher standard

28%

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

106.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

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

458

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

13%

FSM eligible

24%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Glastonbury Avenue, Blackpool, FY1 6RD

Local authority

Blackpool

Website

www.stjohnvianneys.co.uk/

Telephone

01253311248

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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	80%	5%	87%	25%	82%	11%	89%	39%	90%	85%	106.0	106.0	105.0	—	—	—	17%	458

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	458	21.8	17%	13%	24%	5%	9%