Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary schoolOur Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 770 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 May 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy was 36.6, against 44.1 in Blackburn with Darwen and 46.2 in England.
24.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 36.6 | 44.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24.7% | 43.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41.1% | 60.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 146 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Antony's RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)150 m
- Shadsworth Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 m
- Newfield SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade550 m
- Shadsworth Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade560 m
- Audley Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Audley Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024890 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Blackburn with Darwen
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).