North West
Secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
12 secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen.
Ofsted among secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Outstanding3
Good3
Requires improvement1
No overall grade5
7 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 5 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 7
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 5
- Average days since inspection
- 861
- Framework mix
- 7 historic, 5 current, 0 none
Secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Sorted by Progress 8 lower confidence bound, so a noisy positive is not ranked as a win. A Progress 8 interval that spans zero is not treated as above average — +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise.
12 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolAcademy converter | Blackburn | Outstanding 2022 | 72.3 | 2.051.80 to 2.30 | |
| Tauheedul Islam Boys' High SchoolFree schools | Blackburn | Outstanding 2024 | 62.5 | 1.261.01 to 1.52 | |
| St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Blackburn | Good 2023 | 50.8 | 0.190.01 to 0.36 | |
| Pleckgate High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Blackburn | Outstanding 2024 | 49.2 | -0.01-0.19 to 0.17 · not a win | |
| Blackburn Central High SchoolAcademy converter | Blackburn | Good 2022 | 41 | -0.20-0.42 to 0.03 · not a win | |
| St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnVoluntary aided school | Blackburn | No overall grade | 47.4 | -0.25-0.44 to -0.06 | |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolFree schools | Blackburn | No overall grade | 47 | -0.22-0.47 to 0.03 · not a win | |
| Darwen Vale High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Darwen | Good 2024 | 43.1 | -0.29-0.50 to -0.08 | |
| Witton Park AcademyAcademy converter | Blackburn | Report card 2026 | 40.3 | -0.70-0.90 to -0.50 | |
| Darwen Aldridge Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darwen | No overall grade | 36.5 | -0.77-0.97 to -0.58 | |
| Darwen Aldridge Enterprise StudioStudio schools | Darwen | Report card 2026 | 34.7 | -0.82-1.17 to -0.48 | |
| Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blackburn | Requires improvement 2023 | 37.2 | — |