Blackburn Central High School
Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HJ
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,015 (530 boys, 485 girls)
- Capacity: 900
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 44%
- Telephone: 01254505700
- Ofsted: no graded inspection as this school yet (ungraded inspection 14 Dec 2022: School remains Good)
- Attainment 8: 41 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 346 applications, 197 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
- Audley Infant School (0.2 miles, straight line)
- Audley Junior School (0.2 miles, straight line)
- St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn (0.2 miles, straight line)
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Longshaw Community Junior School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
