St James' Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darwen, BB3 0QP
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Lower Darwen Primary School
Milking Lane, Lower Darwen, Darwen, BB3 0RB
Local ranking43rd of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 41.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 58.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 389
- Boys
- 200 (51%)
- Girls
- 189 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (93% full)
- SEND
- 20.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.7%
- EAL
- 7.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,351/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.4%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Other: 1.3%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
83.7%
White British
4.4%
Asian Pakistani
2.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Milking Lane
Darwen, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119120
- UKPRN
- 10072991
- Establishment No.
- 2008
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