Westholme School
Other independent school · Mixed · Blackburn with Darwen
Wilmar Lodge, Blackburn, BB2 6QU
85
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
706
Capacity used
Has space91%
775 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Taylor
- Address
- Wilmar Lodge, Meins Road, Blackburn, BB2 6QU
- Phone
- 01254506070
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Ward / constituency
- Livesey with Pleasington · Blackburn
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119826
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
706 pupils · 775 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 59.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 87% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.09 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.33 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.88 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 74 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.87 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 18% | 17% |
| A-level students | 62 | — |
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 | 74 | 14% | 57% | 80% | |
| Combined Science | 56 | 32% | 70% | 91% | |
| Art and Design | 42 | 50% | 86% | 100% | |
| Business | 29 | 28% | 86% | 90% | |
| Geography | 29 | 41% | 90% | 97% | |
| Spanish | 21 | 33% | 81% | 95% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 21 | 14% | 90% | 100% | |
| History | 19 | 37% | 74% | 89% | |
| Drama | 18 | 44% | 89% | 94% | |
| Biology | 18 | 39% | 83% | 94% | |
| Physics | 18 | 44% | 83% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 17 | 59% | 94% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 22 | 14% | 27% | 50% | |
| Chemistry | 19 | 16% | 32% | 47% | |
| Biology | 14 | 21% | 50% | 64% | |
| Business Studies | 13 | 8% | 23% | 54% | |
| Psychology | 10 | 10% | 20% | 30% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 10 | 40% | 60% | 90% | |
| Physics | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| Geography | 8 | 0% | 25% | 88% | |
| English Language | 8 | 0% | 0% | 38% | |
| Economics | 7 | 14% | 43% | 71% | |
| Sociology | 7 | 0% | 14% | 43% | |
| Religious Studies | 7 | 0% | 57% | 86% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11411: Westholme School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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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.