St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Blackburn with Darwen
Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SR
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 04/03/2025
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
19.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,051
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
201 of 238 families who put it first got an offer
203
Places offered
533
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 238 | 201 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 170 | 2 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 125 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 533 | 203 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Blackburn with Darwen lets families list 3 preferences. 14 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Daniel Milton
- Address
- Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SR
- Phone
- 01254202519
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Ward / constituency
- Mill Hill & Moorgate · Blackburn
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119793
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,051 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
04 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,067 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 42% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 53.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 44.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.27 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 202 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 194 | 10% | 66% | 80% | |
| English Language | 194 | 19% | 55% | 72% | |
| English Literature | 192 | 16% | 60% | 81% | |
| Religious Studies | 191 | 29% | 55% | 72% | |
| Combined Science | 177 | 14% | 51% | 69% | |
| Geography | 121 | 31% | 63% | 76% | |
| Spanish | 95 | 16% | 43% | 68% | |
| History | 82 | 20% | 52% | 65% | |
| Design & Technology | 44 | 14% | 52% | 66% | |
| Physical Education | 37 | 27% | 65% | 92% | |
| Drama | 30 | 30% | 67% | 87% | |
| Art and Design | 20 | 20% | 30% | 40% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Blackburn with Darwen council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.