School admissions in Blackburn

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

51 schools. 10 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The Olive School, BlackburnBlackburn	1.73	90	not published
Wensley Fold CofE Primary AcademyBlackburn	1.44	59	0.172 miles 2026
St Antony's RC Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.40	30	0.166 miles 2026
St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, BlackburnBlackburn	1.37	30	not published
St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.20	30	0.571 miles 2026
Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.18	60	0.411 miles 2026
Great Harwood Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.17	29	not published
Feniscowles Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.15	60	1.474 miles 2026
Daisyfield Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.10	30	0.181 miles 2026
St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn	1.10	30	0.517 miles 2026
Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	9	not published
Belthorn Academy Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	30	not published
Blackburn the Redeemer CofE PrimaryBlackburn	1.00	60	1.162 miles 2026
Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	44	not published
Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	17	not published
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn	1.00	26	not published
Rishton Methodist Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	24	not published
Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	26	not published
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great HarwoodBlackburn	1.00	15	not published
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, LanghoBlackburn	1.00	23	not published
Salesbury Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.97	35	not published
Lammack Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.97	90	0.849 miles 2026
Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.96	24	not published
St James' Church of England Primary School BlackburnBlackburn	0.96	45	not published
St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBlackburn	0.95	20	not published
Longshaw Infant SchoolBlackburn	0.95	74	not published
St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.94	49	not published
Griffin Park Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.93	30	0.843 miles 2026
St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn	0.92	25	not published
Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.92	24	not published
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OsbaldestonBlackburn	0.92	12	not published
St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.90	60	0.52 miles 2026
Roe Lee Park Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.89	45	not published
St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.89	18	not published
Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England SchoolBlackburn	0.88	24	not published
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, BlackburnBlackburn	0.86	43	not published
St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.86	35	not published
Cedars Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.85	52	not published
Shadsworth Infant SchoolBlackburn	0.84	58	not published
St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn	0.84	19	not published
Intack Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.83	36	not published
Meadowhead Community Infant School and NurseryBLACKBURN	0.83	41	not published
Brookhouse Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.80	25	not published
St Michael With St John CofE Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.80	30	not published
Audley Infant SchoolBlackburn	0.80	69	not published
St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England AcademyBlackburn	0.77	22	not published
Queen Elizabeth's Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.75	52	not published
Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn	0.74	23	not published
Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary AcademyBlackburn	0.65	17	not published
St Silas's CofE Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.62	21	not published
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn	0.59	17	not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

10 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolBlackburn	2.08	120	0.227 miles 2026
Tauheedul Islam Boys' High SchoolBlackburn	2.03	115	not published
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnBlackburn	1.27	207	not published
St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademyBlackburn	1.16	252	not published
Pleckgate High SchoolBlackburn	1.06	265	1.06 miles 2026
The Hyndburn AcademyBlackburn	0.87	104	not published
Blackburn Central High SchoolBlackburn	0.76	197	not published
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolBlackburn	0.75	167	not published
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyBlackburn	0.68	155	not published
Witton Park AcademyBlackburn	0.31	219	not published