St Charles' RC 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 17/01/2012. 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 3.3%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Knowles Street, Blackburn

School Information

Address: Knowles Street, Blackburn, BB1 4HT
Website: http://st-charles.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone: 01254886110
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Patrick Kennedy
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119650

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/01/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 174
Number of Boys: 90
Number of Girls: 84

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -1.7 Confidence interval -4.3 to 0.9
Writing
Average: -1.2 Confidence interval -3.6 to 1.1
Maths
Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -1.9 to 2.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:77%
England Average:65%

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

School:5%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Charles' RC School
Knowles Street , Rishton BB1 4HT 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Rishton Methodist Primary School
George Street , Rishton BB1 4JF 		3out of 4 357 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Arundel Street , Rishton BB1 4DT 		3out of 4 495 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School
St John's Street , Great Harwood BB6 7ES 		3out of 4 2,093 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood
Rushton Street , BB6 7JQ 		3out of 4 2,132 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Hyndburn Academy
Stourton Street , Rishton BB1 4ED 		1out of 4 631 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Queen's Road West , BB5 4AY 		3out of 4 2,999 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rhyddings
Haworth Street , Oswaldtwistle BB5 3EA 		2out of 4 3,183 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Thwaites Road , Oswaldtwistle BB5 4QG 		4out of 4 2,818 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Oswaldtwistle School
Union Road , Oswaldtwistle BB5 3DA 		3out of 4 2,967 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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