Schools in Blackburn

About schools in Blackburn

Most of the 79 schools listed in Blackburn are primary schools. Its ten secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

66%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 50 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

47.4

average Attainment 8 score, across the 11 schools with published results

Nursery schools3

• Ashworth Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 3 to 4

• Brunel Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 3 to 4

• Longshaw Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools54

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Audley Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Audley Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Belthorn Academy Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• Brookhouse Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Cedars Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Daisyfield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Feniscowles Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Great Harwood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• Griffin Park Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Intack Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  36%

  expected standard
• Lammack Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  91%

  expected standard
• Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Longshaw Community Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Longshaw Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Meadowhead Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Queen Elizabeth's Primary School

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Rishton Methodist Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Roe Lee Park Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Salesbury Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Shadsworth Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

• St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  23%

  expected standard
• St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• St Antony's RC Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Matthew's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• St Michael With St John CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• St Silas's CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 5 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• The Olive School, Blackburn

  Free schools · Ages 4 to 11

  98%

  expected standard
• Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  83%

  expected standard

Secondary schools10

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Blackburn Central High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  41.0

  Attainment 8
• Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  37.2

  Attainment 8
• Pleckgate High School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  49.2

  Attainment 8
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

  Free schools · Ages 11 to 19

  47.0

  Attainment 8
• St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 16

  47.4

  Attainment 8
• St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  50.8

  Attainment 8
• Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School

  Free schools · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

  62.5

  Attainment 8
• Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  72.3

  Attainment 8
• The Hyndburn Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  37.4

  Attainment 8
• Witton Park Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  40.3

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Blackburn College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision4

• Eden School

  Free schools special · Ages 8 to 16

• Newfield School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 19

• St Thomas's Centre

  Pupil referral unit · Ages 5 to 16

• The Heights Blackburn

  Free schools alternative provision · Ages 5 to 16

Independent schools7

• Al Islah Girls' High School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls

• Islamiyah School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls

• Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 25 · Boys

• Markazul Uloom

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 19 · Boys

• Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 25 · Girls

• Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 11

• Westholme School

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 18

Common questions about schools in Blackburn

How many schools are in Blackburn?

OfferDay lists 79 schools in Blackburn, including 54 primary schools and ten secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Blackburn?

Every school in Blackburn is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Blackburn?

OfferDay ranks schools in Blackburn where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.