1St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Blackburn with Darwen · ages 4 to 11 · URN119439
392 pupils / 465 at St Luke's CofE Primary School2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparisonKS2 cohort: 59 eligible pupils. DfE KS2 · 2024/25 · Academic year · Final · source 2026-05-21
- Free school meals: 1.1 percentage points higher
- First language other than English: 6.2 percentage points higher
- SEND: 3.1 percentage points higher
- 73 fewer pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Report card inspection · inspected 28 April 2026 · published 13 September 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Category of concern: Requires significant improvement; Safeguarding standards: Met; Inclusion: Expected standard; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 8 February 2022 · published 28 April 2022 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good; Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Good
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.02235. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 1.1 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00495.
- First language other than English: difference 6.2 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.01550.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 3.1 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00620.
- Total pupils: difference 73 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.01570.
- region: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- faith: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- governance: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.