Community school · Primary
Darwen · BB3 1NN · Blackburn with Darwen
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 146899
Crosshill Special School
Academy special converter · Darwen · BB3 1HZ
Age range
Ages 5–18
Pupils
183
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Age range
Ages 5–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special converter, Ages 5–18, in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, 183 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school. Free school meals: 50%. SEN provision includes: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 5–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 146899
Location
- Address
- Salisbury Road
- Postcode
- BB3 1HZ
- Town
- Darwen
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- District
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 183
- Boys / girls
- 120 / 63
- School capacity
- 185
- Capacity fill
- 183 / 185 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 50%
- FSM pupils
- 82
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Sponsor
- Oak Learning Partnership
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Nicola Pemberton
- Telephone
- 01254667713
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2021-11-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.