Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Blackburn, Lancashire
BB6 7QA
Composite score
43.0

About Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Blackburn, Lancashire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 174 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 16.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#9,875
National rank
#1436
In North West
#301
In Lancashire
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 174 % FSM ever-6 32.3% % EAL 8.0% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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