Crosshill Special School

State-Funded School

crosshill-special-school-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

Rossendale and DarwenConstituency

BB3 1HZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Crosshill Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–18, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 183 pupils. Crosshill Special School is part of OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

59%

Asian

32%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

183

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 183
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
24 Feb 2022	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
15 Sept 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.