1St Silas's CofE Primary School
Blackburn with Darwen · ages 5 to 11 · URN146541
311 pupils / 382 at Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparisonKS2 cohort: 51 eligible pupils. DfE KS2 · 2024/25 · Academic year · Final · source 2026-05-21
- Free school meals: 4.9 percentage points higher
- First language other than English: 12.2 percentage points lower
- SEND: 6.96 percentage points higher
- 71 fewer pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 25 April 2023 · published 18 June 2023 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good; Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Good
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.07505. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 4.9 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.02205.
- First language other than English: difference 12.2 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.03050.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 6.96 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.01392.
- Total pupils: difference 71 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.01859.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- faith: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- governance: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.