Secondary schools
The oversubscription criteria allocated of the last place offered and the furthest distance are only provided for schools that were ‘oversubscribed’ in 2024. 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 2025 | Number of on-time applications received for Sept 2024 | Criteria of the last place offered for Sept 2024 | Furthest distance (miles) of last place offered for Sept 2024 |
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| Blackburn Central High School Haslingden Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 505700 | Trust School | 11-16 | No | 210 | 418 | Distance | 1.341 |
| Darwen Aldridge Community Academy Sudell Road, Darwen Tel: (01254) 819500 | Academy | 11-19 | Yes | 240 | 332 | Not Oversubscribed | N/A |
| Darwen Vale High School Blackburn Road, Darwen Tel: (01254) 223000 | Academy | 11-16 | No | 240 | 545 | Criteria 5 | 1.620 |
| 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 | 678 | Distance | 1.078 |
| Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School West Park Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 686300 | Free School | 11-19 | Yes | 140 | 607 | Other Children | Random draw |
| St Bede’s Roman Catholic High School Green Lane, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 202519 | Voluntary Aided School | 11-16 | No | 210 | 582 | Criteria 4 | 3.930 |
| St Wilfrid’s Church of England Academy Duckworth Street, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 604000 | Academy | 11-18 | Yes | 250 | 881 | Criteria 12 (with no siblings) | 1.682 |
| Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School Sumner Street, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 918670 | Free School | 11-18 | Yes | 124 | 385 |
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| Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School Preston New Road, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 54021 | Academy | 11-18 | Yes | 124 | 371 | Criteria 8 | 0.505 |
| Witton Park Academy Buncer Lane, Blackburn Tel: (01254) 264551 | Academy | 11-16 | No | 240 | 568 | Not Oversubscribed | N/A |