St Edward's RC Primary School

Officially St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Blackburn Road, Darwen, BB3 0AA

Local ranking41st of 55 primary schools in Blackburn with Darwen

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

208

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from St Edward's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn (URN 119666) since 1 September 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 70.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 3.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 77.0%
Writing (Expected): 77.0%
Maths (Expected): 70.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 80.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 103.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 103.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 103.0
Cohort Size: 30

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 201
Boys: 99 (49%)
Girls: 102 (51%)
Capacity: 208 (97% full)
SEND: 19.4%
FSM Eligible: 18.4%
EAL: 8.5%
SEN with EHC Plan: 1.5%
SEN Support: 17.9%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 25.1:1
Teachers (FTE): 8.0
Budget per Pupil: £6,338/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 4.5% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 7.3% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Roman Catholic
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 86.0%
White Other: 4.5%
Black African: 3.5%
Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
Asian Other: 1.0%
Black Other: 1.0%
White Irish: 0.5%
White Traveller: 0.5%

86.0%

White British

4.5%

White Other

3.5%

Black African

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01254701616

vannessa.knowles@stedwards.blackburn.sch.uk

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Blackburn Road

Darwen, North West

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Administrative

URN: 150080
UKPRN: 10093002
Establishment No.: 3778
Trust: ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

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