Latest Ofsted
Graded inspection · Nov 2021 Previous framework
Good
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| 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.
School details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 146899 · 889/7003
- Capacity
- 185 pupils · 183 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2019
- Replaced
- Crosshill Special School (URN 119858)
- Address
- Salisbury Road, Darwen, BB3 1HZ
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources