Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
32 Moss Street, Blackburn, BB1 5JT
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 25
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mrs Aysha Ahmed
- Religious ethos
- Islam
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 246
- URN
- 149362
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01254476731
About this school
Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda is a girls' independent school in Blackburn. It teaches children aged 11 to 25 and has 246 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2022, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 24 |
| Attainment 8 score | 67.2 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 87.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 95.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 95.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 6.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 94 |
| 2023/24 | 144 |
| 2024/25 | 195 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 0
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School0.1 miles
Independent schools · Blackburn
-
Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School0.3 miles
Independent schools · Blackburn
-
Islamiyah School0.5 miles
Independent schools · Blackburn
-
St Thomas's Centre0.7 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Blackburn
-
Al Islah Girls' High School0.8 miles
Independent schools · Blackburn
Other schools in Blackburn
- Al Islah Girls' High School Independent schools
- Islamiyah School Independent schools
- Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School Independent schools
- Markazul Uloom Independent schools
- Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School Independent schools
- Westholme School Independent schools
- Ashworth Nursery School Nursery
- Brunel Nursery School Nursery
- Longshaw Nursery School Nursery
- Audley Infant School Primary
- Audley Junior School Primary
- Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda teach?
- Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda teaches children aged 11 to 25. It is an independent school in Blackburn.
- Who is the headteacher of Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda?
- The headteacher of Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda is Mrs Aysha Ahmed, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda 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 Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda?
- Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda has 246 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 25.
- Is Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda full?
- Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda has capacity for 450 pupils and 246 on roll (55%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda a faith school?
- No. Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda has no designated religious character.
- What are Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda'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 24 July 2026.