Knuzden St Oswald's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Blackburn. 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 16/11/2017. 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 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Mount St James, Blackburn

School Information

Address: Mount St James, Blackburn, BB1 2DR
Website: www.st-oswaldscofe.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01254667222
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Andrea Gray
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119450

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 16/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 187
Number of Boys: 86
Number of Girls: 101

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 2.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -1.9 to 3.1
Writing
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -1.7 to 3
Maths
Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -2.6 to 1.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:70%
England Average:65%

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

School:13%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Brunel Nursery School
Cambridge Street , BB1 1ES
3out of 4 2,776 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Knuzden St Oswald's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School
Mount St James , Stanhill Road BB1 2DR
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Shadsworth Infant School
Rothesay Road , BB1 2EL
3out of 4 778 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Intack Primary School
Whitebirk Road , BB1 3HY
3out of 4 1,123 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Antony's RC Primary School
Shadsworth Road , BB1 2HP
3out of 4 1,216 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Shadsworth Junior School
, Blackburn With Darwen BB1 2ET
3out of 4 1,316 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Our Lady and St John Catholic College
North Road , BB1 1PY
2out of 4 1,462 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Blackburn Central High School
Haslingden Road , BB2 3HJ
- not rated 2,641 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Rhyddings
Haworth Street , Oswaldtwistle BB5 3EA
2out of 4 3,140 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newfield School
Old Bank Lane , Off Shadsworth Road BB1 2PW
4out of 4 1,758 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Thwaites Road , Oswaldtwistle BB5 4QG
4out of 4 1,972 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Al Islah Girls' High School
108 Audley Range , BB1 1TF
- not rated 2,411 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School
30 Moss Street , BB1 5JT
- not rated 2,445 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Crosshill Special School
Haslingden Rd , BB2 3HJ
- not rated 2,765 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.