Compared with the local authority and England
Attainment 8 scores a pupil's best 8 GCSE results, out of about 90. Progress 8 compares those results with pupils who started secondary school at the same level: 0 is average.
| Measure | School | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 37.2 | 45.4 | 46.1 |
Grade 4 is a standard pass; grade 5 is a strong pass.
| Measure | School | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 63% | 65% |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4, including English and maths | 38% | 59% | 60% |
The EBacc is English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography. It is a set of subjects rather than a qualification.
| Measure | School | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering the EBacc | 33% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
Based on 178 pupils at the end of key stage 4.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day. As a Roman Catholic school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Roman Catholic school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy had 812 pupils aged 11 to 16 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 821. It is a mixed school with no sixth form, so students move on at 16.