Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school located in Accrington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 10/10/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Church Avenue, Accrington

School Information

Address: Church Avenue, Accrington, BB5 2RQ
Website: www.baxenden.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01254234074
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Julie Green
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119440

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/10/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 205
Number of Boys: 91
Number of Girls: 114

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.1 Confidence interval -2.4 to 2.2
Writing
Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -2.6 to 1.6
Maths
Average: 0 Confidence interval -2 to 2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:75%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:14%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lee Royd Nursery School
Royds Street , BB5 2LH 		3out of 4 1,786 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Fairfield Nursery School
Fairfield Street , BB5 0LD 		4out of 4 2,958 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School
Church Avenue , Baxenden BB5 2RQ 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Green Haworth Church of England Primary School
School House Lane , Green Haworth BB5 3SQ 		3out of 4 1,657 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary School
Rising Bridge Road , Rising Bridge BB5 2SW 		3out of 4 1,713 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Accrington Woodnook Primary School
Hudson Street , BB5 2HS 		3out of 4 1,827 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Anne's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
St Anne's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School , Sandy Lane BB5 2AN 		2out of 4 1,840 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Hollins
Hollins Lane , BB5 2QY 		3out of 4 663 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn
Wordsworth Road , BB5 0LU 		2out of 4 2,547 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Heathland Private School
Broadoak , Sandy Lane BB5 2AN 		- not rated 1,912 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Broadfield Specialist School
Fielding Lane , Oswaldtwistle BB5 3BE 		4out of 4 2,682 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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