St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy, Blackburn

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy

Duckworth Street, Blackburn BB2 2JR

https://www.saintwilfrids.co.uk/

St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy is a non-selective, Church of England academy. It has about 1,500 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In January 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Finances, Disadvantaged pupils, Destinations and Attainment. Relative weaknesses include Environment and Representation.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.2		Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School
0.7		Witton Park Academy
0.7		Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
1.0		Blackburn Central High School
1.1		Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
1.2		St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
1.7		Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
1.7		Pleckgate High School
1.9		Darwen Vale High School
3.4		Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio
3.5		Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
3.7		The Hyndburn Academy

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Finances: Excellent. The school budget has been in surplus

Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress up to age 16 is excellent. Destinations at 16 are above average. Progress at 16-18 is below average. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are above average.

Destinations: Above average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite high, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is roughly average.

Attainment: Above average. Up to age 16 it is above average, while at ages 16-18 it is about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Progress: About average. Up to age 16 it is above average, while at ages 16-18 it is below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attendance: About average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both roughly average.

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate and offer rate are both quite low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Sixth form: About average. Attainment is about average, progress is below average and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are about average.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite high, while crime is very high.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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Hearing impairment

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