Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Blackburn, BB1 1NE
- Distance
- 0.7km away
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Withers Street, Blackburn, BB1 1DF
Local ranking43rd of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Needs attention
Primary
Phase
280
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 53.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 38
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 271
- Boys
- 142 (52%)
- Girls
- 129 (48%)
- Capacity
- 280 (97% full)
- SEND
- 29.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.0%
- EAL
- 97.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.3%
- SEN Support
- 22.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,819/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.0% 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
- Asian Pakistani: 54.6%
- Asian Indian: 21.8%
- Other: 7.8%
- Asian Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- White British: 2.2%
- White Other: 1.5%
54.6%
Asian Pakistani
21.8%
Asian Indian
7.8%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Withers Street
Blackburn, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119505
- UKPRN
- 10080242
- Establishment No.
- 3471
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