Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School

LancashireVoluntary aided school

St John's Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7ES

Headteacher: Miss Tracey ParkerSchool website ↗Pupils: 162 (capacity: 175)
Ofsted Good
Inspected September 2023
Oversubscribed
78% of first-choice applicants offered a place
44%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected September 2023
78%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 26 September 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
44.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
6.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 56%·Writing 50%·Maths 56%All three 44%
Reading
Expected56%
Exceeding22%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected50%
Exceeding6%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected56%
Exceeding22%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
25
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
25of 32 (78.1%)
How many applied in total?
63

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
33.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
44.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
0.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
83 girls, 79 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 67% (2018/19), currently 44%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1657.0%9.0%-1.0+1.5+4.0
2016/1742.0%0.0%+0.6+0.9+3.2
2017/1858.0%0.0%-0.9-1.4+1.9
2018/1967.0%6.0%+0.4+2.5+3.2
2022/2333.0%5.0%-1.3+1.9-0.1
2023/2445.0%5.0%---
2024/2544.0%6.0%---
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