The Heights Blackburn
The Heights Blackburn is a free schools alternative provision in Blackburn for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 2 pupils and room for 160. About 50 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Heys Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4NW01254 261655theheightsfreeschool.orgMrs Jen Ashworth head of schoolAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Blackburn with Darwen council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (1), emotional and mental health (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 50% | 33% | 0% | – | – | 40% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 33% | 0% | 0% | – | 40% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 67% | 100% | 0% | – | 20% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden School | Free school | 100 m | 64 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary | Church of England | 710 m | 416 | No overall grade 2024 | 97 | Compare |
| Meadowhead Junior School | Council | 880 m | 201 | Good 2019 | 9 | Compare |
| Meadowhead Community Infant School and Nursery | Council | 0.7 miles | 169 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn | Roman Catholic | 0.8 miles | 1,051 | No overall grade 2025 | 50 | Compare |
| Longshaw Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.8 miles | 101 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Longshaw Infant School | Council | 0.8 miles | 203 | Report card 2026 | 12 | Compare |
| St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 182 | No overall grade 2025 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Heights Blackburn a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Heights Blackburn yet.
How many pupils does The Heights Blackburn have?
2 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 160 places, so it is 1% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Heys Lane, Blackburn, BB2 4NW
- Telephone
- 01254 261655
- Website
- www.theheightsfreeschool.org
- Head of School
- Mrs Jen Ashworth
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Education Partnership Trust (9 schools)
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Ward
- Ewood
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2 September 2013 (new provision)
- URN
- 139413 · LAESTAB 8891102 · UKPRN 10041659
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.