Overview of St Matthew's 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 | 53% | 3% | 61% | 24% | 53% | 8% | 61% | 18% | 63% | 68% | 105.0 | 104.0 | 109.0 | — | — | — | 29% | 271 |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 3% | 67% | 21% | 59% | 5% | 64% | 31% | 64% | 74% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 29% | 276 |
| 2022/23 | 41% | 0% | 54% | 21% | 51% | 0% | 69% | 15% | 67% | 77% | 102.0 | 102.0 | 106.0 | -2.70 | -3.10 | -1.60 | 23% | 273 |
| 2018/19 | 57% | 8% | 65% | 27% | 70% | 14% | 76% | 22% | 68% | 86% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | +0.50 | -0.70 | +0.50 | 24% | 271 |
| 2017/18 | 74% | 6% | 80% | 26% | 77% | 11% | 77% | 23% | 69% | 83% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 109.0 | +1.30 | +0.60 | +1.20 | 22% | 271 |
| 2016/17 | 70% | 3% | 78% | 30% | 75% | 3% | 80% | 33% | 78% | 88% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +2.10 | -0.40 | +2.40 | 27% | 271 |
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 | 271 | 21.4 | 29% | 98% | 31% | 5% | 6% |
| 2023/24 | 276 | 21.6 | 29% | 98% | 28% | 6% | 14% |
| 2022/23 | 273 | 21.3 | 23% | 98% | 30% | 7% | 18% |
| 2021/22 | 276 | 21.6 | 24% | 98% | 30% | 6% | 23% |
| 2020/21 | 274 | 21.5 | 28% | 98% | 27% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 271 | 19.7 | 24% | 93% | 21% | 4% | 7% |
| 2017/18 | 271 | 21.2 | 22% | 96% | 26% | 4% | 10% |
| 2016/17 | 271 | 20.8 | 27% | 96% | 27% | 4% | 8% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.