Avondale Primary School
Community primary school in Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen).
Staff, 2025/26
iSchool workforce census, November 2025 (2025/26). Pupils per teacher: pupils from the January census divided by teachers (FTE). England: School workforce in England: reporting year 2025, DfE, same type of school (OGL v3.0). Support staff include teaching assistants.Workforce mix
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| Group | FTE | Headcount | Share of FTE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teachers | 18.8 | 19 | 39% |
| Support staff (all) | 29.5 | 57 | 61% |
| of which teaching assistants | 16.3 | 27 | 34% |
| of which other support staff | 13.2 | 30 | 27% |
| Whole workforce | 48.3 | 76 | 100% |
2025/26. School workforce census, November. Full-time equivalent counts part-time staff as part of a full-time post. Whole workforce is teachers plus support staff (derived).
Over time
Pupils per teacher
Pupils per adult
Teachers (headcount)iEach column is labelled with its own year. The latest census year is added to the school history series where the history stops a year earlier. England: School workforce in England: reporting year 2025, same type of school.
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| Year | Pupils per teacher | England primary | Pupils per adult | Teachers (headcount) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 10.2 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 10.9 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 10.4 | 19 |
| 2022/23 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 10.2 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 19.0 | 20.6 | 9.8 | 22 |
| 2020/21 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 10.2 | 20 |
| 2019/20 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 10.1 | 22 |
| 2018/19 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 9.9 | 21 |
| 2017/18 | 20.4 | 20.9 | 9.5 | 21 |
| 2016/17 | 18.1 | 20.5 | 9.0 | 24 |
| 2015/16 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 9.8 | 23 |
Turnover and sickness
iIn 2024/25, of 18.6 teachers (FTE) in the census, 18.6 were still at the school a year later, 0.0 had moved to another state school and 0.0 had left state-funded teaching in England.Scroll sideways for more
| Year | Turnover | Teachers with sickness absence | Days per teacher who took any | England: teachers with sickness absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0.0% | 63.2% | 4.0 | 61.8% |
| 2023/24 | 0.0% | 84.2% | 5.2 | 64.1% |
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 52.6% | 2.4 | 64.4% |
| 2021/22 | 4.9% | 45.5% | 3.9 | 67.7% |
| 2020/21 | 2.1% | 28.6% | 9.5 | 45.3% |
| 2019/20 | 5.0% | - | - | - |
| 2018/19 | 4.0% | 52.4% | 2.0 | 53.8% |
| 2017/18 | 5.0% | 23.8% | 3.1 | 53.9% |
| 2016/17 | 16.5% | 34.6% | 9.6 | 53.9% |
| 2015/16 | 14.4% | 22.7% | 1.8 | 52.9% |
| 2014/15 | 0.0% | 23.8% | 1.8 | 54.9% |
Turnover: share of teachers (FTE) who had left the school by the next November, to another school or out of state-funded teaching. Sickness: share of teachers who took any sickness absence and the average days taken by those who did (the England figure is on this basis). Days lost per teacher across all teachers is shown separately as a tile and has no England comparator. School sickness figures stop at 2024/25. England sickness: School workforce in England, all state-funded schools, 2024/25 and earlier. England turnover is measured differently (leavers from the sector) so is not shown.