Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
About the school
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy is an open secondary school in Blackburn with Darwen.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 16 May 2023
- Published
- 6 July 2023
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 37.2
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 45.4
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Blackburn with Darwen
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 22.50%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 43.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 42.10%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 63.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 32.60%
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 39.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.16
- Blackburn with Darwen
- 3.98
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
812
Girls
49.63%
Boys
50.37%
SEN support
22.29%
Education, health and care plan
2.22%
English as an additional language
34.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
47.66%
Overall absence
13.77
Persistent absence
40.51