St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D40
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Blackburn, BB1 1DF
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
Newton Street, Blackburn, BB1 1NE
Local ranking17th of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 29 February 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 72.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 459
- Boys
- 236 (51%)
- Girls
- 228 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (110% full)
- SEND
- 17.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.3%
- EAL
- 66.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,210/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 56.6%
- Asian Indian: 30.3%
- Asian Other: 5.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.3%
- White British: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
56.6%
Asian Pakistani
30.3%
Asian Indian
5.7%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Newton Street
Blackburn, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119355
- UKPRN
- 10074250
- Establishment No.
- 3002
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