# Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

Our 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.

Secondary school. Code E150308. [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 770
- Council: Blackburn with Darwen
- URN: 150308

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Antony's RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-antonys-rc-primary-school-e119516): 150 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Shadsworth Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shadsworth-junior-school-e119221): 540 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Newfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newfield-school-e132051): 550 m. Special. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- [Shadsworth Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shadsworth-infant-school-e119220): 560 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- [Audley Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/audley-junior-school-e119115): 890 m. Primary. School remains Good, September 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Audley Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/audley-infant-school-e119136): 890 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2024

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/150308)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/150308)

## How to cite

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