Newfield School

State-Funded School

newfield-school-blackburn-with-darwen-north-west

North WestRegion

Blackburn with DarwenLocal Authority

BlackburnConstituency

BB1 2PWPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Newfield School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Blackburn with Darwen, North West.

It currently serves 242 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

40%

Asian

55%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

242

Total Pupils

73%Boys

27%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 242
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
20 Jan 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
26 Jan 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
16 Mar 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.