Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy
St James Crescent, Darwen, BB3 0EY
Local ranking55th of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Primary
Phase
265
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 37.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 47.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 42.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 99.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 99.0
- Cohort Size
- 19
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 194
- Boys
- 94 (48%)
- Girls
- 100 (52%)
- Capacity
- 265 (73% full)
- SEND
- 21.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.6%
- EAL
- 30.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 18.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,120/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 67.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 15.2%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Other: 4.9%
- White Traveller: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
67.4%
White British
15.2%
Asian Pakistani
4.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140891
- UKPRN
- 10046199
- Establishment No.
- 3377
- Trust
- CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED