St Silas's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Blackburn, BB2 6JP
- Distance
- 0.7km away
The Olive School, Blackburn
Meins Road, Blackburn, BB2 6QQ
Local ranking1st of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 98.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 24.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 98.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 99.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 99.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 98.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 113.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 111.0
- Cohort Size
- 91
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 637
- Boys
- 309 (49%)
- Girls
- 328 (51%)
- Capacity
- 630 (101% full)
- SEND
- 10.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 4.2%
- EAL
- 98.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 6.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,086/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Muslim
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Indian: 78.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 17.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Other: 0.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.2%
- Asian Other: 0.2%
78.5%
Asian Indian
17.5%
Asian Pakistani
1.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139813
- UKPRN
- 10042316
- Establishment No.
- 2003
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
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