St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Trinity Street
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 5BN
Phone 0125457582
Reference Number 119706

General Makeup

Number of pupils 180
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.33%
Girls: 51.67%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 36%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 51.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 17.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 11 7 18
2 4 16 20
3 13 8 21
4 11 19 30
5 17 13 30
6 15 16 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 29.4%
White, British 23.3%
Unclassified 17.8%
Asian, Other 8.9%
Indian 3.3%
Mixed, Other 3.3%
White, Other 2.8%
White & Asian 2.8%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
Chinese 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-05
Date Description Report
2024-09-24 School inspection School inspection
2022-11-08 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-09-14 School inspection School inspection
2016-07-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-09-12 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-05-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-12-18 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2012-10-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-05-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-03-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-10-08 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 45% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105 Unlock Unlock
Maths 105 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.1 Unlock Unlock
Writing -1.6 Unlock Unlock
Maths 1.9 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 11 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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