Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School

Blackburn with DarwenVoluntary aided school

Hoddlesden St Paul's CE Primary School, Bayne Street, Darwen, BB3 3NH

Headteacher: Mr Christopher DugdaleSchool website ↗Pupils: 231 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected December 2024
Oversubscribed
90% of first-choice applicants offered a place
41%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected December 2024
90%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 10 December 2024Full report ↗

Not rated

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

Quality of Teaching
Outstanding
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding

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.
41.0%
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%.
3.0%
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 62%·Writing 72%·Maths 52%All three 41%
Reading
Expected62%
Exceeding10%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected72%
Exceeding7%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected52%
Exceeding21%
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?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
31
How many got their first choice?
28of 31 (90.3%)
How many applied in total?
61

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
7.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
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).
14.0%
Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
110 girls, 121 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 83% (2022/23), currently 41%

* 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
2015/1655.0%9.0%-2.7+3.7-0.5
2016/1771.0%4.0%-0.3-1.9-0.3
2017/1879.0%13.0%+0.1-0.2-1.1
2018/1957.0%0.0%-0.5+1.0-4.4
2022/2383.0%13.0%+0.9+3.2+1.9
2023/2471.0%18.0%---
2024/2541.0%3.0%---
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