Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Blackburn with Darwen
Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 7AD
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 11/10/2022
Application demand
46%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
97.0%
3.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
866
Capacity used
Over capacity108%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
46%
1st preference success rate
122 of 264 families who put it first got an offer
123
Places offered
389
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 264 | 122 | ● 46% |
| 2nd preference | 86 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 39 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 389 | 123 | 32% |
1st preference success by year
Blackburn with Darwen lets families list 3 preferences. 41 applications came from outside the council area (4 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
- Girls
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Shahnaz Akhtar
- Address
- Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 7AD
- Phone
- 0125454021
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Ward / constituency
- Billinge & Beardwood · Blackburn
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141565
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 65% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
866 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
11 October 2022
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 622 pupils
Attendance
97.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
3.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
3.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
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 | 70.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 2.05 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 91% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 94% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.99 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 42.27 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 72.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 92.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 98.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 99.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.97 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 124 | — |
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 | 40.55 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 31% | 17% |
| A-level students | 77 | — |
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 | 124 | 59% | 93% | 98% | |
| English Language | 124 | 74% | 94% | 97% | |
| English Literature | 124 | 75% | 97% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 119 | 73% | 94% | 97% | |
| Urdu | 117 | 77% | 98% | 98% | |
| Social Studies | 116 | 48% | 88% | 96% | |
| Combined Science | 92 | 60% | 88% | 93% | |
| Geography | 63 | 51% | 76% | 83% | |
| History | 60 | 38% | 73% | 78% | |
| Arabic | 55 | 62% | 85% | 95% | |
| French | 52 | 46% | 77% | 87% | |
| Biology | 32 | 97% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 50 | 8% | 34% | 66% | |
| Sociology | 45 | 20% | 58% | 91% | |
| Chemistry | 42 | 2% | 31% | 67% | |
| Psychology | 30 | 3% | 53% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 17 | 35% | 65% | 94% | |
| Religious Studies | 13 | 0% | 23% | 69% | |
| Mathematics | 10 | 10% | 50% | 60% | |
| English Language | 10 | 20% | 60% | 90% | |
| Computer Science | 6 | 0% | 67% | 83% | |
| Urdu | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Government and Politics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Arabic | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 18940: Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
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) | 57% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 8% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 58% | — | — |
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.