Which school has the best GCSE results in Blackburn with Darwen?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School tops the table in Blackburn with Darwen with 72.3, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Blackburn with Darwen schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Blackburn with Darwen show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Blackburn with Darwen GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

12 state secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 7 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 12 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen ranked on Attainment 8

12 of 12 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School Blackburn · Academy converter	72.3	93%	98%	6.97	124
2	Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Blackburn · Free schools	62.4	81%	89%	5.82	131
3	St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy Blackburn · Academy converter	50.8	53%	72%	4.20	247
4	Pleckgate High School Blackburn · Academy sponsor led	49.2	47%	71%	4.26	274
5	St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn Blackburn · Voluntary aided school	47.4	54%	74%	4.27	202
6	Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn · Free schools	47.0	37%	68%	4.30	141
7	Darwen Vale High School Darwen · Academy sponsor led	43.1	40%	58%	3.60	218
8	Blackburn Central High School Blackburn · Academy converter	41.0	35%	56%	3.82	176
9	Witton Park Academy Blackburn · Academy converter	40.3	37%	57%	3.49	262
10	Our Lady and St John RC High School Blackburn · Academy sponsor led	37.2	23%	42%	3.16	178
11	Darwen Aldridge Community Academy Darwen · Academy sponsor led	36.5	24%	50%	3.01	191
12	Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio Darwen · Studio schools	34.7	28%	49%	2.48	69

Independent schools in Blackburn with Darwen with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Al Islah Girls' High School Blackburn · Other independent school	39.6	23%	35
Islamiyah School Blackburn · Other independent school · 2024 results	58.3	67%	42
Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School Blackburn · Other independent school	56.3	81%	47
Markazul Uloom Blackburn · Other independent school	55.7	80%	10
Noorul Uloom Other independent school	49.4	38%	24
Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda Blackburn · Other independent school	67.2	88%	24
Westholme School Blackburn · Other independent school	44.1	0%	74

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen on our composite score

Blackburn with Darwen GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Blackburn with Darwen with published GCSE results

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