School lists

Lists of schools within Blackburn with Darwen with links to individual school websites where contact details are available.

Secondary schools

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 admission numbers

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

Blackburn Central High School Haslingden Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 505700

Trust School

11-16

No

210

381

Not Oversubscribed

N/A

Darwen Aldridge Community Academy Sudell Road, Darwen Tel: (01254) 819500

Academy

11-19

Yes

240

397

Not Oversubscribed

N/A

Darwen Vale High School Blackburn Road, Darwen Tel: (01254) 223000

Academy

11-16

No

240

506

Not Oversubscribed

N/A

Our Lady and St John Catholic College North Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 588388

Voluntary Aided School

11-16

No

150

303

Not Oversubscribed

N/A

Pleckgate High School Pleckgate Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 249134

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

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 

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

Free School

11-18

Yes

124

355

  • Priority Group A - Distance
  • Priority Group B - Distance
  • Priority Group A – 0.565
  • Priority Group B – 0.479

Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School Preston New Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 54021

Academy

11-18

Yes

124

429

Distance

0.220

Witton Park Academy Buncer Lane, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 264551

Academy

11-16

No

240

530

Not Oversubscribed

N/A