Academy · Blackburn with Darwen
St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Blackburn with Darwen council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
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 Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 293 families put this school as their first choice, and 252 places were offered. 216 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 252 | 293 | 74% |
| September 2025 | 257 | 279 | 82% |
| September 2024 | 257 | 291 | 75% |
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
Short (ungraded) inspection, 11 January 2023: School remains Good.
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
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1483 (capacity 1630)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Academy trust
- ST WILFRID'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
- Phone
- 01254604000
- Address
- Duckworth Street, Blackburn, BB2 2JR
- Website
- saintwilfrids.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.