Blackburn Central High School
Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HJ
Local ranking7th of 13 secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.7%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 55.1%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8
- Cohort Size
- 176
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 984
- Boys
- 526 (53%)
- Girls
- 458 (47%)
- Capacity
- 900 (109% full)
- SEND
- 23.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.0%
- EAL
- 53.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 20.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,482/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 49.0%
- White British: 20.8%
- Asian Indian: 16.3%
- Asian Other: 3.6%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
49.0%
Asian Pakistani
20.8%
White British
16.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 146936
- UKPRN
- 10083595
- Establishment No.
- 4799
- Trust
- OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP