St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SROpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn is a secondary school in Blackburn for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 88 schools in Blackburn with Darwen. It ranks 5th of 10 secondary schools in Blackburn. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025, report published 5 May 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 4 March 2025
Pupils are proud and happy to attend this caring school. Most pupils uphold the strong values of the school. They strive to live up to the school's aspiration to be the best version of themselves. Pupils appreciate how staff care for them. They are confident that staff will give them the help that they need. Staff know the pupils well. This supports the school to be ambitious for pupils' achievement and development. Pupils achieve well. The school has high expectations for pupils' behaviour. Pupils live up to these expectations. During lessons, pupils behave well. The atmosphere in classrooms is calm and orderly. Pupils are typically kind and respectful towards one another. There are many opportunities for pupils to nurture their talents and interests in a range of clubs and activities. For example, pupils enjoy a strategy game club, sports clubs and taking part in the school drama production. Pupils are proud to represent their peers and take on leadership roles such as school councillors and prayer leaders. During the inspection, inspectors saw the pupils' commitment to their school by them leading assemblies. These opportunities help pupils to contribute to the community and be good citizens.
What the school should improve
- A small number of pupils do not meet the school's high expectations of behaviour during unstructured times of the school day. This means that, on occasion, social times are not as calm as they could be. The school should ensure that staff apply behaviour policies consistently and support pupils to behave appropriately throughout the school day.
- The school's curriculum does not support some pupils to express themselves verbally as well as they could. This means that these pupils struggle to develop their ideas and interact with others. The school should ensure that there are appropriate systems in place to support oracy so that pupils can express themselves clearly and confidently.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
202 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
1,051 pupils on roll, with places for 1,050
Schools near St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witton Park Academy | 1 mile | Report card: Needs attention | Attainment 8: 40.3 |
| St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 50.8 |
| Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Attainment 8: 62.5 |
| Markazul Uloom | 2 miles | Report card: Needs attention to strong standard | Attainment 8: 55.7 |
| Noorul Uloom | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 49.4 |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Milton
- Phone
- 01254202519
- Address
- Green Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4SR
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- URN
- 119793
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.