Blackburn Central High School

Haslingden Road, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, BB2 3HJ

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About this school

Blackburn Central High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire. The school has 984 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 14 December 2022). Last inspected 14 December 2022. The Headteacher is Nicola Power. The school is administered by Blackburn with Darwen local authority. It belongs to OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. It opened in 1 October 2019.

School details

Headteacher

Nicola Power

Trust

OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Local authority

Blackburn with Darwen

Gender

Mixed

URN

146936

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Blackburn Central High School 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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