St James' Church of England Primary School
Off Stopes Brow, Lower Darwen, Darwen, BB3 0QP
Local ranking29th of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 191
- Boys
- 102 (53%)
- Girls
- 89 (47%)
- Capacity
- 210 (91% 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%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.5%
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
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- White British: 71.3%
- Asian Indian: 14.9%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Other: 4.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.0%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
71.3%
White British
14.9%
Asian Indian
4.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 119503
- UKPRN
- 10080243
- Establishment No.
- 3469