Area guide · Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire
Living in Blackburn with children
Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 124,958 people in 45,430 households; 37.4% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
72schools in Blackburn
£191ktypical semi, 12 months
114crimes a year per 1,000 people
90%gigabit broadband
Schools
72 schools: 54 state primary, 10 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 7 privateBlackburn on the schools map →Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Blackburn with Darwen 63%Ofsted
2Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 3% (10/461) · 91%Good
7Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 13% (57/461) · 79%School remains Good
8Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary · Top 16% (8/52) · 79%Ofsted report card
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Blackburn with Darwen 45.1Ofsted
Every school in Blackburn, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (54)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Olive School, Blackburn | Outstanding | Top 4% (2/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 3% (10/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary | Outstanding | Top 8% (4/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 1.162 miles (2026) |
| Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy | Outstanding | Top 10% (5/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.172 miles (2026) |
| Lammack Primary School | School remains Good | Top 12% (6/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.849 miles (2026) |
| Brookhouse Primary School | School remains Good | Top 14% (7/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | School remains Good | Top 13% (57/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Ofsted report card | Top 16% (8/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Rishton Methodist Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 14% (62/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Daisyfield Primary School | Good | Top 18% (9/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.181 miles (2026) |
| Griffin Park Primary School | Good | Top 20% (10/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.843 miles (2026) |
| Audley Junior School | School remains Good | Top 22% (11/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Belthorn Academy Primary School | School remains Good | Top 26% (119/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% (13/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.411 miles (2026) |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston | School remains Good | Top 29% (131/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho | Ofsted report card | Top 32% (146/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Cedars Primary School | Good | Top 27% (14/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Good | Top 29% (15/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.52 miles (2026) |
| Salesbury Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 34% (155/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 35% (18/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.571 miles (2026) |
| St Michael With St John CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 37% (19/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Longshaw Community Junior School | School remains Good | Top 39% (20/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Roe Lee Park Primary School | School remains Good | Top 41% (21/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St James' Church of England Primary School Blackburn | School remains Good | Top 45% (23/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School | Improved significantly | Top 45% (204/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | School remains Good | Top 50% (26/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.517 miles (2026) |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | Good | (27/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Good | (29/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School | Good | (261/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Ofsted report card | (30/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Good | (31/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School | Good | (32/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn | Standards maintained | (34/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.93 miles (2026) |
| Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Good | (280/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Ofsted report card | (35/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St Silas's CofE Primary School | Good | (36/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Blackburn | Good | (37/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Feniscowles Primary School | School remains Good | (38/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 1.474 miles (2026) |
| St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Good | (312/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood | Good | (324/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | (39/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Great Harwood Primary School | Good | (340/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Antony's RC Primary School | Standards maintained | (40/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.166 miles (2026) |
| Intack Primary School | School remains Good | (42/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School | Requires improvement | (43/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Queen Elizabeth's Primary School | Ofsted report card | (44/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School | Good | (388/461) in Lancashire | — |
| Meadowhead Junior School | Good | (48/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy | Ofsted report card | (427/461) in Lancashire | — |
| St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy | Good | (51/52) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Audley Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Longshaw Infant School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery | School remains Good | — | — |
| Shadsworth Infant School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School | Outstanding | 1st (1/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.227 miles (2026) |
| Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School | Outstanding | Top 17% (2/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy | School remains Good | Top 25% (3/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | 1.111 miles (2026) |
| Pleckgate High School | Outstanding | Top 34% (4/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | 1.06 miles (2026) |
| St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn | Good | Top 42% (5/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | 0.292 miles (2026) |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School | Good | Top 50% (6/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Blackburn Central High School | School remains Good | (7/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | 3.894 miles (2026) |
| Witton Park Academy | Ofsted report card | (8/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| The Hyndburn Academy | Ofsted report card | (71/79) in Lancashire | — |
| Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy | Requires improvement | (11/12) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn College | Good | (4/7) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
Private schools (7)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westholme School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/2) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School | — | (2/2) in Blackburn with Darwen | — |
| Al Islah Girls' High School | — | — | — |
| Islamiyah School | — | — | — |
| Markazul Uloom | — | — | — |
| Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda | — | — | — |
| Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School | — | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)Detached£293,000
Semi-detached£191,000
Terraced£121,000
Flat or maisonette£100,000
The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (159 detached, 296 semi-detached, 389 terraced, 48 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Blackburn. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Blackburn →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)2railway stations within 2 km: Blackburn Rail Station (0.2 miles); Mill Hill (Lancs) Rail Station (1.1 miles)
109bus stops within 1 km of the town centre
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 90% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 2,597 postcodes in BB2, BB1, BB6. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published prices47registered nurseries and pre-schools
£65a day, the one day rate published
What Ofsted found: 4 outstanding; 39 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 12 in Lancashire · 35 in Blackburn with Darwen.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Blackburn with Darwen
The next dates for families applyingSecondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
Secondary offer day1 Mar 2027
Application deadlines and offer days: Blackburn with Darwen · Lancashire.
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