Best Secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen

Top 20 by latest Ofsted graded judgements.

Summary

Outstanding: 3 Good: 6 Requires improvement: 3 Inadequate: 0

Earliest inspection

7 Dec 2012

Latest inspection

2 Jul 2024

These rankings use each school’s latest graded Ofsted inspection. Ungraded visits do not replace the most recent graded judgement.

1.

Pleckgate High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Blackburn • BB1 8QA

Last inspected on 2 Jul 2024 – graded Outstanding by Ofsted.

Outstanding
2.

Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School
Secondary • Free schools • Blackburn • BB2 2LD

Last inspected on 24 Apr 2024 – graded Outstanding by Ofsted.

Outstanding
3.

Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Blackburn • BB2 7AD

Last inspected on 30 Nov 2022 – graded Outstanding by Ofsted.

Outstanding
4.

Darwen Vale High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Darwen • BB3 0AL

Last inspected on 11 Mar 2024 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
5.

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Secondary • Free schools • Blackburn • BB2 6DF

Last inspected on 8 Oct 2019 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
6.

Witton Park Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Blackburn • BB2 6TD

Last inspected on 14 Oct 2016 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
7.

Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio
Secondary • Studio schools • Darwen • BB3 1AF

Last inspected on 29 Apr 2015 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
8.

St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Blackburn • BB2 2JR

Last inspected on 3 Dec 2013 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
9.

Blackburn Central High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Blackburn • BB2 3HJ

Last inspected on 7 Dec 2012 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
10.

Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Blackburn • BB1 1PY

Last inspected on 6 Jul 2023 – graded Requires improvement by Ofsted.

Requires improvement
11.

St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Blackburn • BB2 4SR

Last inspected on 10 May 2023 – graded Requires improvement by Ofsted.

Requires improvement
12.

Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Darwen • BB3 3HD

Last inspected on 7 Feb 2023 – graded Requires improvement by Ofsted.

Requires improvement