Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

Rossendale and DarwenConstituency

BB3 1AFPostcode

1.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 13–19, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 275 pupils. Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio is part of Aldridge Education.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 34.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 27.5%
EBacc average point score: 2.48

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

275

Total Pupils

37%Boys

63%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 13 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 275
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Aldridge Education

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 15 September 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Apr 2015	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.