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School Atlas lists 56 state primary schools, 12 state secondary schools, 3 special schools, 2 alternative provision schools and 1 post-16 school or college in Blackburn with Darwen. It also lists 11 independent schools and 56 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 39 have a religious character: 22 Church of England, 13 Roman Catholic, 3 Muslim and 1 Church of England/Methodist.
Of the 68 state primary, secondary and all-through schools in Blackburn with Darwen, 38 hold an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade from their last graded inspection: 4 Outstanding, 33 Good and 1 Requires improvement.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. Since November 2025 its report cards grade each area separately; 13 of these schools have had one.
Blackburn with Darwen doesn't publish catchment boundaries, so there’s no boundary map to check. Distance usually decides a place.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 26 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.
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