Darwen Aldridge Community Academy

Sudell Road, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 3HD

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About this school

Darwen Aldridge Community Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire. The school has 1,065 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (last overall grade). Last inspected 20 May 2025. The Principal is Allan Glover. The school is administered by Blackburn with Darwen local authority. It belongs to ALDRIDGE EDUCATION. It opened in 2 September 2008.

School details

Principal

Allan Glover

Trust

ALDRIDGE EDUCATION

Local authority

Blackburn with Darwen

Gender

Mixed

URN

135580

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Blackburn with Darwen). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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