Pleckgate High School
Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, BB1 8QA
1,339 pupils · 99% of 1,350 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 June 2024, published 2 July 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 47.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 71.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 44.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.06 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 265 | 281 | 698 | 265 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 268 | 244 | 643 | 268 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 262 | 237 | 659 | 262 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 264 | 195 | 571 | 264 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 274 | 171 | 525 | 274 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 273 | 183 | 502 | 266 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 273 | 174 | 516 | 273 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 259 | 138 | 390 | 215 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 1.7 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School 2.2 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy 2.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School 2.9 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Witton Park Academy 3.2 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Blackburn Central High School 3.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.