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Lists of schools within Blackburn with Darwen with links to individual school websites where contact details are available.
The oversubscription criteria allocated of the last place offered and the furthest distance are only provided for schools that were ‘oversubscribed’ in 2022. A school is defined as being oversubscribed if at least one on-time applicant was refused a place and the applicant did not receive an offer from any higher preference school.
School name and contact details | Type of school | Age range | Sixth form provision | Published admission number (PAN) for Sept 2023 | Number of on-time preferences received for Sept 2022 | Oversubscription criteria allocated of the last place offered for Sept 2022 | Furthest distance (miles) for Sept 2022 |
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Blackburn Central High School Haslingden Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 505700 Website | Trust School | 11-16 | No | 210 | 381 | Not Oversubscribed | N/A |
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy Sudell Road, Darwen Tel: (01254) 819500 Website | Academy | 11-19 | Yes | 240 | 397 | Not Oversubscribed | N/A |
Darwen Vale High School Blackburn Road, Darwen Tel: (01254) 223000 Website | Academy | 11-16 | No | 240 | 506 | Not Oversubscribed | N/A |
Our Lady and St John Catholic College North Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 588388 Website | Voluntary Aided School | 11-16 | No | 150 | 303 | Not Oversubscribed | N/A |
Pleckgate High School Pleckgate Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 249134 Website | Academy | 11-16 | No | 270 | 544 | Distance | 1.722 |
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School West Park Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 686300 | Free School | 11-19 | Yes | 140 | 538 | Other Children | Random draw |
St Bede’s Roman Catholic High School Green Lane, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 202519 Website | Voluntary Aided School | 11-16 | No | 210 | 542 | Non Catholic children with sibling attending the school | 1.465 |
St Wilfrid’s Church of England Academy Duckworth Street, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 604000 Website | Academy | 11-18 | Yes | 250 | 915 | Children with a parent who is a member of the UK Interfaith Network | 0.797 |
Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School Sumner Street, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 918670 Website | Free School | 11-18 | Yes | 124 | 355 |
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Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School Preston New Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 54021 Website | Academy | 11-18 | Yes | 124 | 429 | Distance | 0.220 |
Witton Park Academy Buncer Lane, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 264551 Website | Academy | 11-16 | No | 240 | 530 | Not Oversubscribed | N/A |