Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry410 applications · 120 places offered · 250 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.4; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2025 3.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2024 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.5
- 2023 3.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2022 3.5; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.1
- 2021 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.8
- 2020 3.2; Blackburn with Darwen median median 1.9
- 2019 3.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2018 3.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2017 3.0; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.2
- 2016 3.1; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.3
- 2015 2.8; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.4
- 2014 3.3; Blackburn with Darwen median median 2.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Blackburn with Darwen median
Dashed bars: as Tauheedul Islam Girls High School (URN 135089), Tauheedul-Islam Girls' High School (URN 119840), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 120 | 410 | 3.4 | 250 | 2.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 123 | 389 | 3.2 | 264 | 2.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 121 | 368 | 3.0 | 241 | 1.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 118 | 369 | 3.1 | 260 | 2.20 |
| Sep 2022 | 121 | 418 | 3.5 | 302 | 2.50 |
| Sep 2021 | 121 | 367 | 3.0 | 243 | 2.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 122 | 388 | 3.2 | 273 | 2.24 |
| Sep 2019 | 122 | 376 | 3.1 | 270 | 2.21 |
| Sep 2018 | 122 | 374 | 3.1 | 300 | 2.46 |
| Sep 2017 | 118 | 357 | 3.0 | 261 | 2.21 |
| Sep 2016 | 120 | 370 | 3.1 | 272 | 2.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 118 | 324 | 2.8 | 232 | 1.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 119 | 392 | 3.3 | 258 | 2.17 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 124 | 68.7 | 89% | 92% | – |
| 2024/25 | 124 | 72.3 | 93% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 126 | 70.8 | 91% | 94% | +2.05 |
| 2022/23 | 126 | 73.1 | 94% | 97% | +2.30 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20223.4applications per place 68.7Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Blackburn with DarwenSome aspects not as strong20253.3applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Blackburn with Darwen20261.8applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20233.5applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Blackburn with DarwenOutstanding20243.1applications per place 62.6Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Blackburn with DarwenOutstanding20242.6applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Blackburn with DarwenGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Blackburn with DarwenRemains Good20221.8applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Blackburn with DarwenRequires improvement20231.3applications per place 36.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141565 · 889/4800
- Trust
- Star Academies
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Capacity
- 800 pupils · 866 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2014
- Replaced
- Tauheedul Islam Girls High School (URN 135089); Tauheedul-Islam Girls' High School (URN 119840)
- Address
- Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 7AD
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources