Witton Park Academy

Academy converter · Secondary school · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen

BB2 6TD

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

50.4

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#2,445

National rank

#309

In North West

In Blackburn with Darwen

Top 78%

Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score ?

40.3

National avg ≈ 46

Progress 8 score ?

—

Why no data?

% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths ?

37%

% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths ?

57%

% EBacc grade 5+ ?

EBacc average points score

3.49

Attainment 8 (year-on-year) 36.0 → 40.3 ▲ 4.3 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,312 % FSM ever-6 39.5% % EAL 65.5% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby secondary schools

St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy Blackburn · 0.7 mi 63.5 St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn Blackburn · 0.9 mi 59.2 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Blackburn · 0.9 mi 78.1 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn · 1.0 mi 58.8 Blackburn Central High School Blackburn · 1.7 mi 51.2 Pleckgate High School Blackburn · 2.0 mi 61.5 Darwen Vale High School Darwen · 2.1 mi 53.9 Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Blackburn · 2.3 mi 46.5