St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy

Academy sponsor led · Primary school · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen
BB2 4EW
Composite score
15.0

About St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy

St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy is a primary school in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led with a Church of England religious character. Around 186 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 23% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 18.0 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 98 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 61% 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 Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy 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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#14,652
National rank
#2284
In North West
#51
In Blackburn with Darwen
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
23%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
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 186 % FSM ever-6 60.8% % EAL 29.6% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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