St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Voluntary aided school · Primary school · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
BB1 5BN
Composite score
43.8

St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn at a glance

Located in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 169 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 17.0 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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#9,561
National rank
#1381
In North West
#32
In Blackburn with Darwen
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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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 169 % FSM ever-6 43.6% % EAL 41.4% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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