Secondary
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1051 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 104.8
- Pupils per adult
- 10.1
- Pupils
- 1,061
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
54%
6 points above the Blackburn average (48% across 10 schools)
47.4
1.1 below the Blackburn average (48.5 across 10 schools)
5th of 10 by our score, among the secondary schools in Blackburn we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.27 |
| Entered the EBacc | 44% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49% |
| 22/23 | 47% |
| 23/24 | 42% |
| 24/25 | 54% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.07 |
| 22/23 | -0.12 |
| 23/24 | -0.25 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.2 |
| 22/23 | 46.5 |
| 23/24 | 44.1 |
| 24/25 | 47.4 |
Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Blackburn with Darwen admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Daniel Milton
- Address
- Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SR
- Telephone
- 01254202519