St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Blackburn with Darwen
Duckworth Street, Blackburn, BB2 2JR
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
82%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
19.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,483
Capacity used
Has space91%
1,630 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
82%
1st preference success rate
229 of 279 families who put it first got an offer
257
Places offered
783
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 279 | 229 | ● 82% |
| 2nd preference | 272 | 26 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 232 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Total | 783 | 257 | 33% |
1st preference success by year
Blackburn with Darwen lets families list 3 preferences. 43 applications came from outside the council area (10 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Victoria Michael
- Address
- Duckworth Street, Blackburn, BB2 2JR
- Phone
- 01254604000
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Ward / constituency
- Blackburn Central · Blackburn
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136900
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST WILFRID'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
1,483 pupils · 1,630 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
11 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,321 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.3%
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 | 50.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.19 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.56 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.40 | — | — |
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 | 50.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 53.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 71.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 8.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 247 | — |
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.
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 | 26.99 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 4.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 107 | — |
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 | 247 | 23% | 58% | 75% | |
| English Language | 247 | 24% | 61% | 77% | |
| English Literature | 245 | 33% | 70% | 81% | |
| Religious Studies | 238 | 27% | 55% | 69% | |
| Combined Science | 173 | 11% | 27% | 50% | |
| Geography | 122 | 20% | 45% | 56% | |
| History | 120 | 28% | 57% | 66% | |
| Art and Design | 91 | 22% | 76% | 91% | |
| Business | 80 | 15% | 41% | 63% | |
| Biology | 74 | 39% | 88% | 99% | |
| Physics | 74 | 35% | 93% | 99% | |
| Chemistry | 74 | 50% | 91% | 99% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 2% | 11% | 33% | |
| Biology | 39 | 0% | 10% | 31% | |
| Chemistry | 39 | 0% | 8% | 28% | |
| Mathematics | 35 | 3% | 14% | 31% | |
| Sociology | 29 | 0% | 3% | 34% | |
| Law | 27 | 4% | 15% | 30% | |
| Business Studies | 16 | 6% | 6% | 25% | |
| Computer Science | 14 | 0% | 14% | 50% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 14 | 0% | 14% | 21% | |
| Physics | 8 | 13% | 13% | 38% | |
| English Language | 8 | 0% | 25% | 88% | |
| History | 7 | 0% | 0% | 57% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11409: St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
| 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.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 73% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 73% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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.