Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
North Road, Blackburn, BB1 1PY
Local ranking12th of 13 secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
821
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 37.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 42.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 32.6%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2
- Cohort Size
- 178
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 812
- Boys
- 409 (50%)
- Girls
- 403 (50%)
- Capacity
- 821 (99% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 40.5%
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: 46.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 19.3%
- White Other: 11.3%
- Other: 11.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.0%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
46.6%
White British
19.3%
Asian Pakistani
11.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
North Road
Blackburn, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 150308
- UKPRN
- 10093644
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST