Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio is a secondary school located in Darwen. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 26/03/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 10%, which is 6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Police Street, Darwen

School Information

Address: Police Street, Darwen, BB3 1AF
Website: http://www.daestudio.biz/
Telephone: 01254819567
School Type: Studio schools
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Blackburn with Darwen
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Colin Grand
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 139924

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 26/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 13 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 300
Number of Pupils: 224
Number of Boys: 102
Number of Girls: 122

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 10% 4%
Persistent absence: 34.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -1.06 Confidence interval -1.48 to -0.63
Of the 41 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 35 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:76%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:22%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:34.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.5
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Turncroft Nursery School
Highfield Road , BB3 2DN 		4out of 4 945 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Holy Trinity VC School
Bank Top , BB3 2RW 		2out of 4 211 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen
Limes Avenue , BB3 2SG 		3out of 4 872 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy
St James Crescent , BB3 0EY 		3out of 4 877 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Avondale Primary School
Durham Road , BB3 1NN 		3out of 4 930 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Sudell Primary School
Sudell Road , BB3 3EB 		2out of 4 1,048 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio
Police Street , BB3 1AF 		3out of 4 0 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
Sudell Road , BB3 3HD 		3out of 4 624 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Darwen Vale High School
Blackburn Road , BB3 0AL 		2out of 4 2,284 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Aurora Woodlands School
Woodlands , Holly Tree Close BB3 2NG 		- not rated 2,070 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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