Schools in Blackburn with Darwen
There are 77 state-funded and grammar schools in Blackburn with Darwen. 5 are rated Outstanding and 44 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Blackburn with Darwen
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- Starting Reception in September 2027: applications close on 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
All schools in Blackburn with Darwen, by town
Arran Avenue
- Shadsworth Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · BB1 2ET
Ofsted: Good
Blackburn
- Ashworth Nursery School
Nursery · BB2 1QU
Ofsted: Good - Audley Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · BB1 1SE
Ofsted: Good - Audley Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · BB1 1SE
Ofsted: Good - Blackburn Central High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB2 3HJ
Ofsted: Good - Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 1NE
Ofsted: Good - Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 4JJ
Ofsted: Not judged - Brookhouse Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 6NY
Ofsted: Good - Brunel Nursery School
Nursery · BB1 1ES
No rating on record - Cedars Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 8HQ
Ofsted: Good - Daisyfield Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 5LB
Ofsted: Good - Eden School
Year 4 - Year 11 · BB2 4NW
Ofsted: Good - Feniscowles Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 5EG
Ofsted: Good - Griffin Park Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB2 2PN
Ofsted: Good - Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 8QN
Ofsted: Good - Intack Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 3HY
Ofsted: Good - Lammack Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB1 8LH
Ofsted: Good - Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 5NX
Ofsted: Good - Longshaw Community Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · BB2 3NX
Ofsted: Good - Longshaw Infant School
Reception - Year 2 · BB2 3NF
Ofsted: Good - Longshaw Nursery School
Nursery - Reception · BB2 3NF
Ofsted: Good - Meadowhead Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · BB2 4QG
Ofsted: Good - Newfield School
BB1 2PW
Ofsted: Not judged - Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB1 1PY
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 3UG
Ofsted: Good - Pleckgate High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB1 8QA
Ofsted: Outstanding - Ofsted: Good
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 6DF
No rating on record - Roe Lee Park Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 9RP
Ofsted: Good - Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 6HQ
Ofsted: Good - Shadsworth Infant School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 2EL
Ofsted: Not judged - St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 4EW
Ofsted: Not judged - St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 5BN
Ofsted: Not judged - St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Nursery - Year 6 · BB2 1LQ
Ofsted: Good - St Antony's RC Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 2HP
No rating on record - St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 1SN
Ofsted: Good - St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB2 4SR
Ofsted: Not judged - St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · BB1 8QN
Ofsted: Good - St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn
Nursery - Year 6 · BB1 8EG
Ofsted: Good - St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 2LZ
Ofsted: Not judged - St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 3HP
Ofsted: Good - St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB1 1DF
No rating on record - St Michael With St John CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB1 6LE
Ofsted: Good - St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 5EP
No rating on record - St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 2RY
Ofsted: Not judged - St Silas's CofE Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · BB2 6JP
Ofsted: Good - St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB1 5PE
Ofsted: Good - St Thomas's Centre
Year 1 - Year 11 · BB1 9TH
Ofsted: Outstanding - St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · BB2 2JR
Ofsted: Good - Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · BB2 2LD
Ofsted: Outstanding - Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · BB2 7AD
Ofsted: Outstanding - The Heights Blackburn
Year 1 - Year 11 · BB2 4NW
No rating on record - The Olive School, Blackburn
Reception - Year 6 · BB2 6QQ
Ofsted: Not judged - Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · BB2 6LX
Ofsted: Outstanding - Witton Park Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB2 6TD
No rating on record
BLACKBURN
- Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery
Nursery - Year 2 · BB2 4TT
Ofsted: Good
Bolton
- Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · BL7 0AH
No rating on record - Turton Belmont Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BL7 8AH
Ofsted: Good
Darwen
- Ashleigh Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 2JT
Ofsted: Good - Avondale Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 1NN
Ofsted: Good - Crosshill Special School
Year 1 - Year 13 · BB3 1HZ
Ofsted: Good - Ofsted: Not judged
- No rating on record
- Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 3EB
Ofsted: Good - Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · BB3 0EY
Ofsted: Not judged - Darwen Vale High School
Year 7 - Year 11 · BB3 0AL
Ofsted: Good - Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 2JA
Ofsted: Good - Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · BB3 3NH
Ofsted: Not judged - Holy Trinity VC School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 2RW
Ofsted: Not judged - Lower Darwen Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 0RB
Ofsted: Good - St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 0HY
Ofsted: Requires improvement - St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 0AA
Ofsted: Good - St James' Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 0QP
Ofsted: Not judged - St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 0LX
No rating on record - Turncroft Nursery School
Nursery · BB3 2DN
No rating on record
DARWEN
- Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 2BW
Ofsted: Good - St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
Reception - Year 6 · BB3 2SG
No rating on record