Blackburn Central High School

Ofsted

▲Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 14 December 2022, published 6 February 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available — 0.76 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• !Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy 1.2 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
• ●Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School 1.3 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
• ▲St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• ▲Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 2.4 km · Good (2019) · previous system
• ▲Darwen Vale High School 2.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
• !Witton Park Academy 2.7 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.