Witton Park Academy

Secondary school

Witton Park Academy is a secondary school in Blackburn with Darwen, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,243 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met

Inspection: Report card, 24 February 2026
Safeguarding: Met
Inclusion: Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
Achievement: Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention
Early years: Not applicable
Post-16 provision: Not applicable
Leadership and governance: Needs attention

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 Education

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Witton Park Academy was 39.9, against 44.1 in Blackburn with Darwen and 46.2 in England.

39.5% 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	39.9	44.1	46.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	39.5%	43.3%	46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths	57.4%	60.3%	64.8%
Pupils at the end of KS4	256	–	–

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

Griffin Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, BlackburnPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
Wensley Fold CofE Primary AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), September 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 23% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademySecondary. School remains Good, January 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.8 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km

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).