Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Blackburn with Darwen council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Blackburn with Darwen's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 106 families put this school as their first choice, and 155 places were offered. 106 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 16 May 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Our Lady and St John Catholic College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

770 (capacity 821)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Salford

Academy trust

ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01254588388

Address

North Road, Blackburn, BB1 1PY

Official school record, including Ofsted reports