Lower Darwen Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Darwen, BB3 0RB
- Distance
- 0.7km away
St James' Church of England Primary School
Off Stopes Brow, Lower Darwen, Darwen, BB3 0QP
Local ranking28th of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 29 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 50.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 191
- Boys
- 98 (49%)
- Girls
- 104 (51%)
- Capacity
- 210 (96% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.7%
- EAL
- 19.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,159/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided 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
Loading chart
- White British: 73.9%
- Asian Indian: 15.4%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.1%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.5%
73.9%
White British
15.4%
Asian Indian
4.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Off Stopes Brow
Darwen, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119503
- UKPRN
- 10080243
- Establishment No.
- 3469
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