Primary
St Silas's CofE Primary School
St Silas Road, Blackburn, BB2 6JP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 311 of 420 places
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
59%
104.0
34th of 49 by our score, among the primary schools in Blackburn we can score - 54 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 59% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
St Silas Road, Blackburn, BB2 6JP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Blackburn with Darwen admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Kathryn Haczycki
- Address
- St Silas Road, Blackburn, BB2 6JP
- Telephone
- 01254698447
Other primary schools nearby
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn5.1/10
- Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy7.9/10
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School2.9/10
- The Olive School, Blackburn9.4/10
- St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School6.5/10
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn4.5/10