St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darwen, BB3 2SG
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Holy Trinity VC School
Bank Top, Darwen, BB3 2RW
Local ranking47th of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 18 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 62.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 21
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 133
- Boys
- 64 (54%)
- Girls
- 55 (46%)
- Capacity
- 420 (28% full)
- SEND
- 27.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.6%
- EAL
- 15.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.3%
- SEN Support
- 18.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,667/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- 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: 71.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.8%
- Black African: 4.5%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Black Other: 2.3%
- Other: 2.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
71.4%
White British
9.8%
Asian Pakistani
4.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bank Top
Darwen, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119357
- UKPRN
- 10069064
- Establishment No.
- 3005
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