Blackburn Central High School

Academy converter · Secondary school · Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen

BB2 3HJ

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

51.2

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

#2,352

National rank

#295

In North West

In Blackburn with Darwen

Top 75%

Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score ?

41.0

National avg ≈ 46

Progress 8 score ?

—

Why no data?

% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths ?

35%

% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths ?

56%

% EBacc grade 5+ ?

15%

EBacc average points score

3.82

Attainment 8 (year-on-year) 41.2 → 41.0 ▼ 0.2 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 984 % FSM ever-6 41.0% % EAL 53.9% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Location

Nearby secondary schools

Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Blackburn · 0.7 mi 46.5 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Blackburn · 0.8 mi 78.1 St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy Blackburn · 1.0 mi 63.5 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn · 1.5 mi 58.8 Witton Park Academy Blackburn · 1.7 mi 50.4 Darwen Vale High School Darwen · 1.7 mi 53.9 St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn Blackburn · 1.9 mi 59.2 Pleckgate High School Blackburn · 2.2 mi 61.5