Witton Park Academy
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F39
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- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Blackburn, BB2 6TD
- Distance
- 1.7km away
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SR
Local ranking5th of 12 secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 4 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 51.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 206
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1043
- Boys
- 531 (51%)
- Girls
- 520 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 13.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.0%
- EAL
- 7.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 10.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,241/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.4%
- White Other: 5.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Other: 0.4%
- White Irish: 0.3%
89.4%
White British
5.9%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Green Lane
Blackburn, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119793
- UKPRN
- 10017763
- Establishment No.
- 4632
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