St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy

Blackburn with DarwenAcademy sponsor led

Norfolk Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn, BB2 4EW

Headteacher: Mrs Kelly HarrisonSchool website ↗Pupils: 186 (capacity: 210)Part of CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
Ofsted inspected
Inspected February 2025
23%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected February 2025
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 11 February 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

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

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

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.
23.0%
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%.
0.0%
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 38%·Writing 50%·Maths 50%All three 23%
Reading
Expected38%
Exceeding8%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected50%
Exceeding4%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected50%
Exceeding4%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

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

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
26
How many families wanted this school first?
21
How many got their first choice?
21of 21 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
48

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
62.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
19.0%
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).
15.0%
Boys and girls
55%girls·45%boys
102 girls, 84 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 43% (2018/19), currently 23%

* 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
2015/1641.0%5.0%-2.7-0.1+0.1
2016/1725.0%0.0%-6.6-5.0-2.0
2017/1835.0%0.0%-1.1-1.8-2.5
2018/1943.0%0.0%+0.3-3.7+0.3
2022/2327.0%0.0%-3.3-6.5-4.4
2023/2441.0%7.0%---
2024/2523.0%0.0%---
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