93 / 100
Exceptional
Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.
Academic Outcomes
100
Inspection
100
Admissions Value
81
Destinations
72
Stability & Context
100
Top 5% of secondary schools in England
Top 5% nationally
#1 of 11 schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.
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Overall effectiveness
Graded 30 November 2022
Quality of education
Graded 30 November 2022
Behaviour and attitudes
Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.
Academic year
2025/26
Published admission number (PAN)
123
Places offered by the school
Applications received
389
Times listed as any preference
Offers made
123
Preferred offers from this school
Oversubscription ratio
3.16×
Applications per place
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Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.
Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.
Attainment 8
72.3
Progress 8
Not published
English & maths 5+
92.7%
English & maths 4+
98.4%
EBacc entry
99.2%
BB2 7AD - Preston New Road, Blackburn, Lancashire
This school is one of 142 schools in Blackburn with Darwen.
Total schools
142
Open schools
89
Closed schools
53
Primary schools
73
Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.
The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.
Graded 30 November 2022
Personal development
Graded 30 November 2022
Leadership and management
Graded 30 November 2022
Sixth form
Graded 30 November 2022
Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.
Outstanding
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Offer rate
31.6%
Offers as a share of applications
First preference offers: 122
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EBacc achievement
72.6%
Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.
APS
40.6
Value added
-0.12
AAB %
31.0%
Retention %
Not published
Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23
Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).
Education %
94.0%
Employment %
2.0%
Apprenticeships %
2.0%
NEET %
1.0%
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Secondary schools
24
Special schools
0
Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Blackburn with Darwen)