Our Lady and St John Catholic College
North Road, Blackburn, BB1 1PY
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Tite
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 821
- Pupils on roll
- 816
- URN
- 119790
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
About this school
Our Lady and St John Catholic College was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Blackburn. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 816 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Our Lady and St John Catholic College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 160 | 161 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.2 | 32.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.10 -1.33 to -0.86 | -1.00 -1.24 to -0.76 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14% | 22.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 29% | 36% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 44% | 30.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Trends over time
How Our Lady and St John Catholic College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Blackburn with Darwen average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 31.2 | 43.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.8 | 43.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 44.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Our Lady and St John Catholic College compares
Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 12% | 46.2% | 816 | — |
| Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy | 37.2 | 13.8% | 47.7% | 770 | 0.1 miles |
| Blackburn Central High School | 41 | 8% | 41% | 1,015 | 0.7 miles |
| Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School | 62.5 | 2.5% | 17.3% | 746 | 1.4 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy | 50.8 | 7.1% | 23.8% | 1,483 | 1.6 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School | 47 | 8% | 20.8% | 873 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.2%
- English as an additional language
- 31.6%
- Overall absence
- 12%
- Persistent absence
- 41.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy0.1 miles
Secondary · Blackburn
-
Blackburn Central High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Blackburn
-
Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Blackburn
-
St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Blackburn
-
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School1.9 miles
Secondary · Blackburn
Other schools in Blackburn
- Blackburn Central High School Secondary
- Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Pleckgate High School Secondary
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Secondary
- St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn Secondary
- St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy Secondary
- Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Secondary
- Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School Secondary
- The Hyndburn Academy Secondary
- Witton Park Academy Secondary
- Ashworth Nursery School Nursery
- Brunel Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Our Lady and St John Catholic College teach?
- Our Lady and St John Catholic College taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Blackburn.
- Has Our Lady and St John Catholic College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Our Lady and St John Catholic College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Our Lady and St John Catholic College?
- Our Lady and St John Catholic College had 816 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Our Lady and St John Catholic College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.2 in 2022/23 and 32.8 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Our Lady and St John Catholic College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady and St John Catholic College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.