Secondary schools in Blackburn
10 secondary schools in Blackburn, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Blackburn in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Blackburn first 1,858 times for 1,801 places: 1.03 first choices per place. 5 of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.23 miles (Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School) to 1.06 miles (Pleckgate High School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Pleckgate High School
- Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School
- Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
- Blackburn Central High School
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
- St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
- St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
- Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
- The Hyndburn Academy
- Witton Park Academy
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Browse by authority: Blackburn with Darwen · Lancashire · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.