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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Blackburn with Darwen GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 12 state secondary schools in Blackburn with Darwen, 2,070 pupils. Blackburn with Darwen ranks 108 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 1.1 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
44.4%
3.4 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
12.5%
2.2 pts below England
Attainment 8
45.2
2.4 points below England
Council rank
108 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Blackburn with Darwen at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School (68.7).
- Schools range from 31.7 to 68.7 on Attainment 8, a spread of 37.0 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.9, 12.3 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School (63.9).
Every Blackburn with Darwen secondary school, ranked
Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths
| # | School | Pupils | Attainment 8 | vs 2025 | Grade 4+ E&M | Grade 5+ E&M | Grade 7+ E&M | Disadvantaged A8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolGirls · Muslim · Top 10% three years running | 124 | 68.7 | −3.6 | 91.9% | 88.7% | 46.0% | 61.7 |
| 2 | Tauheedul Islam Boys' High SchoolBoys · Muslim · Top 10% three years running | 120 | 62.6 | +0.1 | 90.8% | 84.2% | 36.7% | 63.9 |
| 3 | St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademyChurch of England | 255 | 49.8 | −1.0 | 72.2% | 57.6% | 18.4% | 39.1 |
| 4 | Pleckgate High School | 263 | 46.8 | −2.4 | 65.0% | 43.0% | 14.1% | 42.0 |
| 5 | St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnRoman Catholic | 206 | 45.4 | −2.0 | 71.4% | 51.9% | 4.4% | 34.2 |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School | 135 | 44.3 | −2.7 | 57.8% | 34.8% | 10.4% | 39.7 |
| 7 | Blackburn Central High School | 172 | 41.0 | 0.0 | 48.3% | 37.2% | 8.1% | 37.9 |
| 8 | Witton Park Academy | 256 | 39.9 | −0.4 | 57.4% | 39.5% | 8.6% | 34.9 |
| 9 | Darwen Vale High School | 163 | 39.0 | −4.1 | 54.0% | 28.2% | 3.1% | 29.7 |
| 10 | Darwen Aldridge Community Academy | 168 | 36.8 | +0.3 | 46.4% | 21.4% | 1.8% | 29.6 |
| 11 | Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic | 146 | 36.6 | −0.6 | 41.1% | 24.7% | 4.8% | 30.3 |
| 12 | Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio | 62 | 31.7 | −3.0 | 35.5% | 19.4% | 0.0% | 31.0 |
| England average | 47.6 | 66.8% | 47.8% | 14.7% | 37.7 |
Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.
Blackburn with Darwen against the rest of the North West
- Trafford65.7%
- Stockport52.9%
- Warrington50.8%
- Bolton47.9%
- Manchester46.4%
- Cheshire East46.1%
- Wirral46.0%
- Lancashire45.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester44.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen44.4%
- Tameside44.3%
- Salford44.2%
- Wigan44.1%
- Westmorland and Furness42.8%
- St. Helens41.9%
- Oldham41.4%
- Rochdale41.2%
- Sefton40.2%
- Bury39.6%
- Liverpool39.1%
- Blackpool37.1%
- Halton36.5%
- Cumberland34.0%
- Knowsley26.2%
Reading these figures
- Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
- There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
- These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
- Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.