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Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School

Secondary · Blackburn · BB2 7AD

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 October 2022

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At a glance

866 pupils · 108% of 800 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Muslim
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
59.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.tighs.com/
URN
141565

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 250 families named it first for 120 Year 7 places, 2.08 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.227 miles, the only Year 7 round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 11 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

2.08 first-choice applications per place

120 places offered · 250 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.227 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.227 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

124 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
72.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
98.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
92.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B
40.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school72.3
Median of its 12 closest peers55.5
Blackburn with Darwen average46.8
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Pioneer Secondary AcademyStoke Poges · 173 miles awayGood49.8
Europa School UKAbingdon · 154 miles awayGood0.9
Sacred Heart High SchoolLondon · 183 miles awayOutstanding60.9
St Alban's Catholic High SchoolIpswich · 194 miles awayGood46.9
Atam AcademyRomford · 186 miles awayGood57.2
Anglo European SchoolIngatestone · 188 miles awayGood55.6
Queensmead SchoolRuislip · 176 miles awayStrong standard55.5
Harris Academy SuttonSutton · 193 miles awayOutstanding58.2
Eden Girls' School, SloughSlough · 174 miles awayOutstanding59.4
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary AcademyLeicester · 95 miles awayGood54
St Gregory's Catholic Science CollegeHarrow · 176 miles awayOutstanding (2019)60.6
Ditton Park AcademySlough · 176 miles awayGood47.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 48% (Blackburn with Darwen 16%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 25% (Blackburn with Darwen 26%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 22% (Blackburn with Darwen 5%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Blackburn with Darwen 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Blackburn with Darwen 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Blackburn with Darwen 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Blackburn with Darwen 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.35 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Blackburn with Darwen: 23.01 suspensions and 0.33 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,451; 9.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,810
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 14% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,454,000; in-year balance +£393,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
99%
Continuing in education
94%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
49%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
16%
Any sustained destination
75%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health53%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.2%62.3%
Social housing3.1%17.1%
Privately rented14.7%20.5%
Detached houses53%22.9%
Flats19.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012584 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£174,500192 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£120,000–£276,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (35)£345,000
Semi-detached (30)£310,000
Terraced (112)£141,500
Flat (15)£114,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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