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Secondary · BB3 · Darwen

Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio

Police Street, Darwen, BB3 1AF

ALDRIDGE EDUCATION is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance86.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.82
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils275

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BB3. Where we have them, council (Blackburn with Darwen) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
275
Free school meals
46.2%
19.3% above district average (26.9%)

Also: Blackburn with Darwen 26.9% · England 25.8%

SEN
36%
10.9% above district average (25.1%)

Also: Blackburn with Darwen 16.5% · England 16.5%

EAL
2.3%
9% below district average (11.3%)
Attendance
86.7%
7.3% below district average (94%)

Also: Blackburn with Darwen 92.2% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BB3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

50%

28.1% above England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.82

0.82 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

34.7

12 below England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

27.5%

18.7% below England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

49.3%

16.6% below England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

0%

41.1% below England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

2.48

1.7 below England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 93.6%
    2020/21
  • 88.5%
    2021/22
  • 87.2%
    2022/23
  • 87.2%
    2023/24
  • 82.6%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
300
Pupils on roll
275

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Blackburn with Darwen page.

SEN support

SEN %
36%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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