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Crosshill Special School

Academy school in Darwen BB3 1HZ

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  • School Reference Number: 146899
  • Address: Salisbury Road, Darwen BB3 1HZ
  • Headteacher: Miss Nicola Pemberton
  • Telephone: 01254 667713
  • Website: crosshillblackburn.co.uk
  • Managing Organisation: Oak Learning Partnership
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy special converter
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 170
  • Local Education Authority: Blackburn with Darwen
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 5 to 18
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: October 2019* (Academy Converter)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 23/11/2021

Rating published on 24/02/2022

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding

Personal development: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Sixth form provision: Outstanding

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
23 November 2021 25 February 2022 School inspection Good
4 October 2019 4 October 2019 Academy conversion letter

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number146899
Local Authority Code889
Local Authority NameBlackburn with Darwen
Establishment Number7003
School / College NameCrosshill Special School
Establishment Type Code44
Establishment typeAcademy special converter
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code10
Reason establishment openedAcademy Converter
Open date01-10-2019
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low5
Age range High18
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity170
Special Classes Code1
Special classesHas Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils134
Number of Boys81
Number of Girls53
Percentage Free School Meals43.80
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code17194
Academy trust or TrustOAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorOak Learning Partnership
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10083594
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date02-12-2024
StreetSalisbury Road
Locality
Address3
TownDarwen
County (name)
PostcodeBB3 1HZ
Websitewww.crosshillblackburn.co.uk
Telephone01254667713
Headteacher/Principal titleMiss
Headteacher/Principal first nameNicola
Headteacher/Principal last namePemberton
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE06000008
DistrictBlackburn with Darwen
Ward CodeE05011516
WardDarwen West
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001450
Parliamentary ConstituencyRossendale and Darwen
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000008
Easting368280
Northing423050
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Blackburn with Darwen 014
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Blackburn with Darwen 014E
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code923
Previous local authorityPre LGR (1998) Lancashire
Previous establishment number7003
CountryUnited Kingdom
UPRN100012542208
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02002628
LSOA CodeE01012652
Free School Meals53
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN146899
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/146899
LAESTAB8897003
School nameCrosshill Special School
Ofsted phaseSpecial
Type of educationAcademy Special Converter
School open date01/10/2019
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityBlackburn with Darwen
Parliamentary constituencyRossendale and Darwen
Multi-academy trust UID17301
Multi-academy trust nameCHAMPION EDUCATION TRUST
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeBB3 1HZ
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile5
Total number of pupils134
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age18
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10200819
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date23/11/2021
Publication date24/02/2022
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection146899
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8897003
School name at time of latest graded inspectionCrosshill Special School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Special Converter
Current school type used for chart C6Academy converter
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionOutstanding
Previous inspection numberITS439940
Previous inspection start date08/07/2014
Previous publication date15/09/2014
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?No
URN at time of previous graded inspection119858
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8897003
School name at time of previous graded inspectionCrosshill Special School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionFoundation Special School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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