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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council schools

All 89 schools in the Blackburn with Darwen area, from the school census. 52 are maintained by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Blackburn with Darwen school holidays.

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52 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Ashleigh Primary SchoolDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 220 pupils
  • Ashworth Nursery SchoolBlackburn · Nursery · 3–4 · 71 pupils
  • Audley Infant SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–7 · 280 pupils
  • Audley Junior SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 7–11 · 392 pupils
  • Avondale Primary SchoolDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 400 pupils
  • Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 464 pupils
  • Blackburn the Redeemer CofE PrimaryBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 416 pupils
  • Brookhouse Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 2–11 · 247 pupils
  • Brunel Nursery SchoolBlackburn · Nursery · 3–4 · 34 pupils
  • Cedars Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 407 pupils
  • Daisyfield Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 292 pupils
  • Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolDARWEN · Primary · 4–11 · 240 pupils
  • Feniscowles Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 417 pupils
  • Griffin Park Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 232 pupils
  • Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolDarwen · Primary · 3–11 · 237 pupils
  • Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 189 pupils
  • Holy Trinity VC SchoolDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 119 pupils
  • Intack Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 378 pupils
  • Lammack Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 548 pupils
  • Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 173 pupils
  • Longshaw Community Junior SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 7–11 · 334 pupils
  • Longshaw Infant SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–7 · 203 pupils
  • Longshaw Nursery SchoolBlackburn · Nursery · 2–5 · 101 pupils
  • Lower Darwen Primary SchoolDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 382 pupils
  • Meadowhead Community Infant School and NurseryBLACKBURN · Primary · 3–7 · 169 pupils
  • Meadowhead Junior SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 7–11 · 201 pupils
  • Newfield SchoolBlackburn · 4–19 · 242 pupils
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 180 pupils
  • Roe Lee Park Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 424 pupils
  • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 173 pupils
  • Shadsworth Infant SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 196 pupils
  • Shadsworth Junior SchoolArran Avenue · Primary · 7–11 · 215 pupils
  • St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 154 pupils
  • St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 214 pupils
  • St Antony's RC Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 236 pupils
  • St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 419 pupils
  • St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnBlackburn · Secondary · 11–16 · 1051 pupils
  • St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 184 pupils
  • St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 5–11 · 212 pupils
  • St James' Church of England Primary SchoolDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 202 pupils
  • St James' Church of England Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 2–11 · 395 pupils
  • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, DarwenDARWEN · Primary · 4–11 · 165 pupils
  • St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 203 pupils
  • St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 258 pupils
  • St Michael With St John CofE Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 262 pupils
  • St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 216 pupils
  • St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 408 pupils
  • St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 392 pupils
  • St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 56 pupils
  • St Thomas's CentreBlackburn · 5–16 · 115 pupils
  • Turncroft Nursery SchoolDarwen · Nursery · 3–4 · 58 pupils
  • Turton Belmont Community Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 4–11 · 91 pupils

Sets its own term dates

37 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • Al Islah Girls' High SchoolBLACKBURN · 11–16 · 119 pupils
  • Aurora Woodlands SchoolLancashire · 10–19 · 64 pupils
  • Blackburn Central High SchoolBlackburn · Secondary · 11–16 · 1015 pupils
  • Blackburn CollegeBlackburn · 16 plus · 16–99
  • Crosshill Special SchoolDarwen · 5–18 · 183 pupils
  • Dar Ul Madinah · 5–11 · 55 pupils
  • Darwen Aldridge Community AcademyDarwen · Secondary · 11–19 · 1036 pupils
  • Darwen Aldridge Enterprise StudioDarwen · Secondary · 13–19 · 275 pupils
  • Darwen Aldridge Sudell PrimaryDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 167 pupils
  • Darwen St James CofE Primary AcademyDarwen · Primary · 3–11 · 203 pupils
  • Darwen Vale High SchoolDarwen · Secondary · 11–16 · 1039 pupils
  • Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 207 pupils
  • Eden SchoolBlackburn · 8–16 · 64 pupils
  • Islamiyah SchoolBlackburn · 11–16 · 153 pupils
  • Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK SchoolBlackburn · 11–25 · 354 pupils
  • Lower PasturesNr Darwen · 11–16 · 3 pupils
  • Markazul UloomBlackburn · 11–19 · 26 pupils
  • Noorul Uloom · 11–23 · 125 pupils
  • Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyBlackburn · Secondary · 11–16 · 770 pupils
  • Pleckgate High SchoolBlackburn · Secondary · 11–16 · 1339 pupils
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolBlackburn · Secondary · 11–19 · 873 pupils
  • Queen Elizabeth's Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 387 pupils
  • Rawdhatul Ilm Wal HudaBlackburn · 11–25 · 246 pupils
  • Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary SchoolBlackburn · 4–11 · 140 pupils
  • St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England AcademyBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 182 pupils
  • St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyDarwen · Primary · 4–11 · 198 pupils
  • St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 202 pupils
  • St Silas's CofE Primary SchoolBlackburn · Primary · 5–11 · 311 pupils
  • St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademyBlackburn · Secondary · 11–18 · 1483 pupils
  • Tauheedul Islam Boys' High SchoolBlackburn · Secondary · 11–18 · 746 pupils
  • Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolBlackburn · Secondary · 11–18 · 866 pupils
  • The Heights BlackburnBlackburn · 5–16 · 2 pupils
  • The Olive School, BlackburnBlackburn · Primary · 4–11 · 638 pupils
  • Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary SchoolBolton · Primary · 5–11
  • Wensley Fold CofE Primary AcademyBlackburn · Primary · 3–11 · 463 pupils
  • Westholme SchoolBlackburn · 4–18 · 706 pupils
  • Witton Park AcademyBlackburn · Secondary · 11–16 · 1243 pupils

Nearby councils

School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.