Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
Secondary school in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen. No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (May 2025).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025, report published 9 July 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around May 2029
The last inspection was in May 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.4 milesAldridge Utc Darwen
Report card, Jan 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 1.5 milesDarwen Vale High School
Good (Jan 2024)
- 3.1 milesBlackburn Central High School
School remains Good (Dec 2022)
- 3.2 milesSt Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025)
- 3.3 milesOur Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Requires improvement (May 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.