Darwen Vale High School
Blackburn Road, Darwen, BB3 0AL
Local ranking5th of 13 secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.1
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 10.6%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6
- Cohort Size
- 218
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1071
- Boys
- 572 (53%)
- Girls
- 499 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (89% full)
- SEND
- 20.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.1%
- EAL
- 4.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 18.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,320/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 94.0%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Other: 1.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
94.0%
White British
1.4%
White Other
1.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141321
- UKPRN
- 10047440
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- ALDRIDGE EDUCATION