Overview of St Stephen'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 | 63% | 5% | 76% | 36% | 64% | 5% | 88% | 32% | 69% | 80% | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 20% | 400 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 5% | 78% | 31% | 67% | 7% | 86% | 31% | 74% | 79% | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 395 |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 8% | 77% | 25% | 80% | 15% | 85% | 27% | 82% | 88% | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 | +0.80 | +2.00 | +2.80 | 15% | 390 |
| 2018/19 | 60% | 13% | 67% | 21% | 79% | 27% | 81% | 33% | 84% | 81% | 103.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | -1.50 | +0.50 | +1.10 | 17% | 407 |
| 2017/18 | 72% | 14% | 84% | 23% | 81% | 17% | 86% | 35% | 78% | 93% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 110.0 | +1.20 | +0.60 | +2.60 | 17% | 423 |
| 2016/17 | 58% | 4% | 61% | 13% | 75% | 9% | 80% | 29% | 61% | 80% | 101.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | -2.90 | -0.80 | +0.70 | 16% | 435 |
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 | 400 | 22.5 | 20% | 55% | 30% | 6% | 16% |
| 2023/24 | 395 | 21.7 | 18% | 58% | 28% | 5% | 17% |
| 2022/23 | 390 | 20.7 | 15% | 62% | 27% | 7% | 25% |
| 2021/22 | 404 | 18.9 | 16% | 64% | 26% | 6% | 22% |
| 2020/21 | 406 | 18.6 | 20% | 65% | 29% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 407 | 21.3 | 17% | 70% | 25% | 3% | 6% |
| 2017/18 | 423 | 20.0 | 17% | 75% | 24% | 4% | 8% |
| 2016/17 | 435 | 20.4 | 16% | 70% | 27% | 4% | 9% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.