School profile
Aldridge UTC Darwen
Police Street, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 1AF
Overview
Aldridge UTC Darwen is a state-funded school (studio schools) in Darwen, North West, for pupils aged 13–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Studio schools
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Phase of education
- Secondary
- Age range
- Ages 13–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 275
- URN
- 139924
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Academy trust or group
- ALDRIDGE EDUCATION
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 272
- Pupils on roll
- 260
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 12
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 34.7
- England
- 47.1
Pupils included: 69
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 27.5%
- England
- 46.5%
Pupils included: 69
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 49.3%
- England
- 66.4%
Pupils included: 69
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 0%
- England
- 41.5%
Pupils included: 69
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 20 January 2026 · Published 28 May 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 15 September 2021 · Published 17 October 2021
Outcome: School remains Good
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Police Street, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 1AF
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
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