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Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy

Primary Academy school in Darwen BB3 0EY

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  • School Reference Number: 140891
  • Address: St James Crescent, Darwen BB3 0EY
  • Headteacher: Miss Laura Peckson
  • Telephone: 01254 703260
  • Website: darwenstjames.co.uk
  • Managing Organisation: Cidari Trust
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy converter
  • Phase: Primary
  • Pupil Capacity: 265
  • Local Education Authority: Blackburn with Darwen
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 3 to 11
  • Religious Ethos: Christian
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: October 2014* (Academy Converter)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 22/02/2023

Rating published on 01/05/2023

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate

Quality of education: Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Inadequate

Early years provision: Requires Improvement

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
5 November 2024 6 December 2024 Monitoring visit
24 April 2024 20 June 2024 Monitoring visit
22 February 2023 2 May 2023 School inspection Inadequate
24 October 2017 23 November 2017 Short inspection
1 October 2014 4 October 2014 Academy conversion letter

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number140891
Local Authority Code889
Local Authority NameBlackburn with Darwen
Establishment Number3377
School / College NameDarwen St James CofE Primary Academy
Establishment Type Code34
Establishment typeAcademy converter
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code10
Reason establishment openedAcademy Converter
Open date01-10-2014
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 2
Phase of educationPrimary
Age range Low3
Age range High11
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionHas Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code02
Religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese CodeCE03
DioceseDiocese of Blackburn
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity265
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils208
Number of Boys121
Number of Girls87
Percentage Free School Meals50.00
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code2695
Academy trust or TrustCIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorCidari Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10046199
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date16-01-2025
StreetSt James Crescent
Locality
Address3
TownDarwen
County (name)Lancashire
PostcodeBB3 0EY
Websitehttp://www.darwenstjames.co.uk
Telephone01254703260
Headteacher/Principal titleMiss
Headteacher/Principal first nameLaura
Headteacher/Principal last namePeckson
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE06000008
DistrictBlackburn with Darwen
Ward CodeE05011514
WardDarwen East
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001450
Parliamentary ConstituencyRossendale and Darwen
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000008
Easting369574
Northing422894
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Blackburn with Darwen 015
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Blackburn with Darwen 015D
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code923
Previous local authorityPre LGR (1998) Lancashire
Previous establishment number3377
Country
UPRN200004504041
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02002629
LSOA CodeE01012650
Free School Meals87
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN140891
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/140891
LAESTAB8893377
School nameDarwen St James CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted phasePrimary
Type of educationAcademy Converter
School open date01/10/2014
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterChurch of England
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingChristian
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityBlackburn with Darwen
Parliamentary constituencyRossendale and Darwen
Multi-academy trust UID2695
Multi-academy trust nameCidari Education Limited
Academy sponsor UID2696
Academy sponsor nameCidari Trust
PostcodeBB3 0EY
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile5
Total number of pupils208
Statutory lowest age3
Statutory highest age11
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10256029
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date22/02/2023
Publication date01/05/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection140891
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8893377
School name at time of latest graded inspectionDarwen St James CofE Primary Academy
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Converter
Current school type used for chart C6Academy converter
Overall effectivenessInadequate
Category of concernSM
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementInadequate
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionRequires Improvement
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS379807
Previous inspection start date06/12/2011
Previous publication date13/01/2012
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?No
URN at time of previous graded inspection119457
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8893377
School name at time of previous graded inspectionDarwen St James' Church of England Primary School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionVoluntary Aided School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionRequires Improvement
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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