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Darwen Vale High School

Darwen Vale High School
Blackburn Road
Blackburn
Lancashire
England
BB30AL

📞 phone: 01254 223000

👨‍🏫 headed by: Mr Matthew Little

🌍 web: www.darwenvale.com

944 pupils mixed gender
1200 pupils capacity: 79% full

496 boys 53%

448 girls 47%

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Secondary — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
141321
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
4004
Open date
1. December 2014
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 369133, Northing: 424408
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 53.715, Longitude: -2.4692
Accepting pupils
11—16 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
4. March 2020
Region › Const. › Ward
North West › Rossendale and Darwen › Darwen West
Free school meals %
30.30
Trust
ALDRIDGE EDUCATION
Learning provider ref #
10047440

School governors

  • Mr Matthew Little, Local Governor
    (1. June 2017—None)
  • Mr Martin Keene, Local Governor
    (17. October 2019—16. October 2023)
  • Ms Chloe Murphy, Local Governor
    (25. November 2019—24. November 2023)
  • Mr Simon Pilkington, Local Governor
    (13. May 2019—31. August 2022)
  • Mrs Katie Parker, Local Governor
    (13. May 2019—6. December 2022)
  • Ms Yasmin Choudry, Local Governor
    (23. November 2020—22. November 2024)
  • Mr Ian Richardson, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (1. May 2021—30. April 2025)
  • Carrie Riley, Local Governor
    (11. October 2021—10. October 2025)
  • Helena Lewis, Local Governor
    (8. December 2021—31. March 2023)
  • Shenaz Ibrahim, Local Governor
    (13. January 2022—12. January 2026)
  • Georgina Raseta, Local Governor
    (22. November 2022—21. November 2026)
  • Louise-Amy Etchells, Local Governor
    (27. March 2023—26. March 2027)
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Schools nearby

  1. Darwen Vale High School, BB30AL (944 pupils)
  2. 0.3 miles Lower Darwen Primary School, BB30RB (387 pupils)
  3. 0.6 miles St James' Church of England Primary School, BB30QP (189 pupils)
  4. 0.6 miles St Edward's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn, BB30AA (204 pupils)
  5. 0.6 miles Darwen Vale High School, BB30AL
  6. 0.7 miles Dame Evelyn Fox Special School, BB12LA
  7. 0.7 miles Blackamoor Special School, BB12LA
  8. 0.8 miles Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn, BB23UG (172 pupils)
  9. 0.9 miles Darwen Childrens Centre, BB30ER
  10. 0.9 miles Higher Croft Community Primary School, BB23UY
  11. 0.9 miles St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, BB30HY (217 pupils)
  12. 0.9 miles Darwen Moorland High School, BB33AU
  13. 1 mile Longshaw Infant School, BB23NF (231 pupils)
  14. 1 mile Avondale Primary School, BB31NN (398 pupils)
  15. 1 mile Darwen St James' Church of England Primary School, BB30EY
  16. 1 mile Tullyallan Special School, BB31HZ
  17. 1 mile The Sunnyhurst Centre, BB31HZ
  18. 1 mile Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy, BB30EY (213 pupils)
  19. 1 mile Crosshill Special School, BB31HZ (81 pupils)
  20. 1.1 miles Longshaw Nursery School, BB23NF (89 pupils)
  21. 1.1 miles Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary, BB24JJ (420 pupils)
  22. 1.2 miles St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School, BB24JQ
  23. 1.2 miles Everton High School, BB23ER
  24. 1.3 miles Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio, BB31AF (262 pupils)
  25. 1.3 miles Eden School, BB24NW (52 pupils)

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