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Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary

Primary · Darwen · BB3 3EB

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 17 March 2026 · report published 4 May 2026

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At a glance

167 pupils · 80% of 210 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
50.3% of pupils
English as additional language
29.4% of pupils
SEN support
16.2% of pupils
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils
Website
www.sudellprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
141838

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

22 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,106
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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