Ofsted inspection · 25/04/2023
Overview of St Silas's CofE Primary School · Primary · Blackburn with Darwen
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19
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 | 59% | 0% | 69% | 29% | 69% | 0% | 67% | 10% | 73% | 67% | 104.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 19% | 340 |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 2% | 50% | 8% | 52% | 2% | 61% | 8% | 68% | 56% | 101.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 20% | 343 |
| 2022/23 | 42% | 5% | 63% | 22% | 56% | 5% | 53% | 20% | 70% | 53% | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 | +0.00 | +0.50 | +0.00 | 24% | 323 |
| 2018/19 | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | 25% | New school |
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 | 340 | 24.9 | 19% | 79% | 29% | 6% | 17% |
| 2023/24 | 343 | 22.9 | 20% | 78% | 23% | 7% | 24% |
| 2022/23 | 323 | 22.4 | 24% | 79% | 23% | 8% | 26% |
| 2021/22 | 338 | 19.1 | 28% | 83% | 25% | 6% | 21% |
| 2020/21 | 340 | 20.6 | 28% | 68% | 22% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 378 | — | 25% | 82% | 21% | 5% | 12% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.