Darwen Vale High School
Blackburn Road, Darwen, BB3 0AL
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,039 (550 boys, 489 girls)
- Capacity: 1200
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 31.6%
- Telephone: 01254223000
- Ofsted: Good (30 Jan 2024)
- Attainment 8: 39 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 528 applications, 233 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Blackburn with Darwen
- Lower Darwen Primary School (0.3 miles, straight line)
- St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, straight line)
- St James' Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn (0.8 miles, straight line)
- St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Avondale Primary School (1 miles, straight line)
