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Blackburn with Darwen has 76 state schools: 56 primary, 12 secondary, 4 nursery. Between them they teach around 27,642 pupils. 63 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.4 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

9 have a sixth form. 22 take children from age three or under. 39 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better
46
of 48 rated
Average score
4.4
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St Silas's CofE Primary School Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Blackburn Central High School Good · ×0.76 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Audley Infant School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Brookhouse Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Michael With St John CofE Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lower Darwen Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Intack Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Blackburn with Darwen

Primary schools: LA sets and reviews a catchment area annually for each primary school; priority given within the catchment boundary. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Al Islah Girls' High School BLACKBURN · Good Aldridge UTC Darwen Darwen Ashleigh Primary School Darwen · Good Ashworth Nursery School Blackburn Audley Infant School Blackburn · Good Audley Junior School Blackburn · Good Avondale Primary School Darwen · Good Blackburn Central High School Blackburn · Good Blackburn College Blackburn · Good Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Blackburn · Good Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary Blackburn · Not judged Brookhouse Primary School Blackburn · Good Brunel Nursery School Blackburn Cedars Primary School Blackburn · Good Crosshill Special School Darwen · Good Daisyfield Primary School Blackburn · Good Dar Ul Madinah · Good Darwen Aldridge Community Academy Darwen · Not judged Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary Darwen Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy Darwen · Not judged Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School DARWEN Darwen Vale High School Darwen · Good Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy Darwen · Good Eden School Blackburn · Good Feniscowles Primary School Blackburn · Good Griffin Park Primary School Blackburn · Good Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School Darwen · Not judged Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Blackburn · Good Holy Trinity VC School Darwen · Not judged Intack Primary School Blackburn · Good Islamiyah School Blackburn Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School Blackburn · Good Lammack Primary School Blackburn · Good Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School Blackburn · Good Longshaw Community Junior School Blackburn · Good Longshaw Infant School Blackburn Longshaw Nursery School Blackburn · Good Lower Darwen Primary School Darwen · Good Markazul Uloom Blackburn Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery BLACKBURN · Good Meadowhead Junior School Blackburn · Good Newfield School Blackburn · Not judged Noorul Uloom · Good Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Blackburn · Requires improvement Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Blackburn Pleckgate High School Blackburn · Outstanding Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn · Good Queen Elizabeth's Primary School Blackburn Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda Blackburn · Good Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School Blackburn · Good Roe Lee Park Primary School Blackburn · Good Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Blackburn Shadsworth Infant School Blackburn · Not judged Shadsworth Junior School Arran Avenue · Good St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy Blackburn · Not judged St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Blackburn · Not judged St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Blackburn St Antony's RC Primary School Blackburn · Good St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Blackburn · Good St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn Blackburn · Not judged St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School Darwen · Requires improvement St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Darwen · Good St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School Blackburn · Good St James' Church of England Primary School Darwen · Not judged St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn Blackburn · Good St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen DARWEN · Good St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School Blackburn · Not judged St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Blackburn · Good St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Blackburn St Michael With St John CofE Primary School Blackburn · Good St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn Blackburn · Good St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn Blackburn · Not judged St Silas's CofE Primary School Blackburn · Good St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Blackburn · Good St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School Darwen St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy Blackburn · Good Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Blackburn · Outstanding Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School Blackburn · Outstanding The Olive School, Blackburn Blackburn · Not judged Turncroft Nursery School Darwen · Outstanding Turton Belmont Community Primary School Bolton · Good Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School Bolton Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy Blackburn · Outstanding Westholme School Blackburn Witton Park Academy Blackburn

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Blackburn 77 schools Darwen 19 schools

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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