North West
Special schools in Blackburn with Darwen
85 schools, 29,386 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 46.2.
Ofsted across Blackburn with Darwen
Good33
Outstanding4
Requires improvement2
No overall grade46
39 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 46 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Woodlands SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No grade | — |
| Lower PasturesOther independent special school | Nr Darwen | No grade | — |
| Newfield SchoolCommunity special school | Blackburn | No grade | — |