Secondary
St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Duckworth Street, Blackburn, BB2 2JR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1483 of 1630 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Trust
- ST WILFRID'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 122.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.1
- Pupils
- 1,482
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 January 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
53%
5 points above the Blackburn average (48% across 10 schools)
50.8
2.3 above the Blackburn average (48.5 across 10 schools)
4th 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 | 50.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.2 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.99 |
| A level students | 107 |
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 | 56% |
| 22/23 | 56% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.8 |
| 22/23 | 29.5 |
| 23/24 | 32.4 |
| 24/25 | 27.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.14 |
| 22/23 | +0.21 |
| 23/24 | +0.19 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.5 |
| 22/23 | 51.3 |
| 23/24 | 50.5 |
| 24/25 | 50.8 |
Duckworth Street, Blackburn, BB2 2JR
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
- Principal
- Victoria Michael
- Address
- Duckworth Street, Blackburn, BB2 2JR
- Telephone
- 01254604000