Blackburn Central High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Blackburn, BB2 3HJ
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Our Lady and St John RC High School
Officially Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
North Road, Blackburn, BB1 1PY
Local ranking12th of 12 secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
821
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 16 May 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Our Lady and St John Catholic College (URN 119790) since 30 November 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 41.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 146
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 812
- Boys
- 387 (50%)
- Girls
- 383 (50%)
- Capacity
- 821 (94% full)
- SEND
- 24.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.7%
- EAL
- 34.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 22.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,305/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
- 13.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 40.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 50.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 20.9%
- White Other: 12.2%
- Asian Indian: 4.4%
- Asian Other: 3.2%
- Black African: 2.3%
- Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
50.3%
White British
20.9%
Asian Pakistani
12.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150308
- UKPRN
- 10093644
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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