Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a primary school located in Swadlincote. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 11/11/2015. 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 4.3%, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Off Main Street, Swadlincote

School Information

Address: Off Main Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8AB
Website: www.blackfordbyschool.org/
Telephone: 01283217702
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Leicestershire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Sue Savage
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 145084

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 11/11/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 105
Number of Pupils: 89
Number of Boys: 49
Number of Girls: 40

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.2 Confidence interval -5.5 to 1.2
Writing
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -3.9 to 2.3
Maths
Average: -2.3 Confidence interval -5.2 to 0.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:31%
England Average:65%

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

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Off Main Street , Blackfordby DE11 8AB 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Moira Primary School
Blackfordby Lane , Moira DE12 6EX 		3out of 4 1,480 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Woodville CofE Junior School
High Street , Woodville DE11 7EA 		2out of 4 1,685 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Woodville Infant School
High Street , Woodville DE11 7EA 		4out of 4 1,685 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Ashby Hastings Primary School
School Lane , 		- not rated 2,347 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Granville Academy
Burton Road , Woodville DE11 7JR 		2out of 4 2,660 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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