School Summary

St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy


Boys: 698
Girls: 813
Total Pupils: 1511
Opened: 01-07-2011
Ofsted: Good
Principal: Victoria Michael
St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Duckworth Street
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 2JR
Telephone: 01254604000
Website: https://www.saintwilfrids.co.uk

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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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Diocese (name): Diocese of Blackburn
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HeadFirstName: Victoria
HeadLastName: Michael
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OfstedLastInsp: 11-01-2023
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PercentageFSM: 16.10
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StatutoryHighAge: 18
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Duckworth Street
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Town: Blackburn
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TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a single-academy trust
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Trusts (name): ST WILFRID'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"10 months ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"bullying is a massive issue at this school & the staff don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t seem to care much at all. care more about uniform and haircuts, etc than helping students with issues and actual education. send your child somewhere else","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"bullying is a massive issue at this school & the staff don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t seem to care much at all. care more about uniform and haircuts, etc than helping students with issues and actual education. send your child somewhere else","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"frogluvv","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/109696541915073743102\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVs8SyAg3tivj-baGo9pCh4RNXa2bnrkjy5Ejjbv_hU8w=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-11-02T01:03:26Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"9 months ago","rating":3,"text":{"text":"Rife with bullying especially from the boys tripping up the girls up or kicking them disgusting behaviour especially a male hurting a female shows a lack of respect and discipline at home nobody should be hurting others especially boy on girl.\nMy daughter in year 7 was tripped up by a boy in e block which resulted in her falling to the floor causing her shoes to be ruined thankfully she's not badly hurt.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Rife with bullying especially from the boys tripping up the girls up or kicking them disgusting behaviour especially a male hurting a female shows a lack of respect and discipline at home nobody should be hurting others especially boy on girl.\nMy daughter in year 7 was tripped up by a boy in e block which resulted in her falling to the floor causing her shoes to be ruined thankfully she's not badly hurt.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Mind your Own","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112594861026853065472\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJJsBXgt7V5BqF0FarX8kniEFPt2rzLtHVfRsIqRoUq=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-11-30T08:33:48Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"seems as if they care more about uniform\/presentation than the actual education, i don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t see how a haircut or a simple hairstyle effects my learning or the learning of the people around me.\n\nit also seems they don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t take much notice to bullying either, i\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve noted teachers in the past about certain things that people have said to me and other people and nothing gets done.\n\nalso, a lot of teachers here aren\u00e2\u0080\u0099t aware of personal boundaries either, i struggle a lot with social communication and i was diagnosed with social anxiety but teachers seem to take a blind eye to that and still make me do things they know full well i\u00e2\u0080\u0099m not comfortable with\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\n\ni go to this school as of now and i suggest you sort out your priorities.\n\nshould u send your child to this school? if you have a fair amount of money to waste on a fresh new \u00e2\u0080\u0098appropriate\u00e2\u0080\u0099 haircut and expensive branded uniform and if your child doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t have any disorders that teachers\/students fail to understand as i\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve gathered then your child is the target audience. but if vise versa, i strongly suggest you keep your child far away from this school.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"seems as if they care more about uniform\/presentation than the actual education, i don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t see how a haircut or a simple hairstyle effects my learning or the learning of the people around me.\n\nit also seems they don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t take much notice to bullying either, i\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve noted teachers in the past about certain things that people have said to me and other people and nothing gets done.\n\nalso, a lot of teachers here aren\u00e2\u0080\u0099t aware of personal boundaries either, i struggle a lot with social communication and i was diagnosed with social anxiety but teachers seem to take a blind eye to that and still make me do things they know full well i\u00e2\u0080\u0099m not comfortable with\u00e2\u0080\u00a6\n\ni go to this school as of now and i suggest you sort out your priorities.\n\nshould u send your child to this school? if you have a fair amount of money to waste on a fresh new \u00e2\u0080\u0098appropriate\u00e2\u0080\u0099 haircut and expensive branded uniform and if your child doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t have any disorders that teachers\/students fail to understand as i\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve gathered then your child is the target audience. but if vise versa, i strongly suggest you keep your child far away from this school.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Nolue 111","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102678282821164333018\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUrpN0de0rhW5WHRueqcxmn3X70lrMzLIarbd1i320Jtw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-01-04T02:35:00Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Disappointing School. My child was told to leave the school hall during rehearsal for a play. Being told a certain teacher at the St Wilfrid's production would explode unless the group she was with left immediately, then removed from the play for leaving the hall. Another girl from the group caused a disruption to a group using the school facilities, the teachers were fully aware of this but allowed her to remain in the play.\nDespite 2 years of trying to get a reasonable explanation for the schools actions they refuse to give me any kind of reasonable explanation for their one sided unfair treatment of my child. I was told it was a fair decision\nAnother occasion a boy used to call my child names on a regular basis, the worse my child ever said back to him was shut up, but she was removed from her biology class and told she is a bully and must write down what she has done. When she wrote her statement she was told she is a liar.\nI found in my personal experience you can't get anywhere by complaining at St Wilfrids as all the staff and governors backed each other up and supported each other. My child has moved schools for sixth form and I have been told she is a hard working lovely girl.\nSo I feel I have no choice but to give the school a poor review.\nNo Christian values at this school at all.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Disappointing School. My child was told to leave the school hall during rehearsal for a play. Being told a certain teacher at the St Wilfrid's production would explode unless the group she was with left immediately, then removed from the play for leaving the hall. Another girl from the group caused a disruption to a group using the school facilities, the teachers were fully aware of this but allowed her to remain in the play.\nDespite 2 years of trying to get a reasonable explanation for the schools actions they refuse to give me any kind of reasonable explanation for their one sided unfair treatment of my child. I was told it was a fair decision\nAnother occasion a boy used to call my child names on a regular basis, the worse my child ever said back to him was shut up, but she was removed from her biology class and told she is a bully and must write down what she has done. When she wrote her statement she was told she is a liar.\nI found in my personal experience you can't get anywhere by complaining at St Wilfrids as all the staff and governors backed each other up and supported each other. My child has moved schools for sixth form and I have been told she is a hard working lovely girl.\nSo I feel I have no choice but to give the school a poor review.\nNo Christian values at this school at all.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Craig Spence","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104511858531369520678\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKIWfv_fNAdLAzXT1fkDmwbf0WgVtQ9x32PYBLnSL2X=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-08-31T17:43:31Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I have been at this school now for multiple years. I got bullied and my Dad rang up and complained. It was by a person in the lgbtq community and this made it unfair as I was blamed because I was straight. They made my write multiple sentences of what happened and then ripped it up in front of me but not this other person. I just think it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not right that they treat others differently because they are different","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I have been at this school now for multiple years. I got bullied and my Dad rang up and complained. It was by a person in the lgbtq community and this made it unfair as I was blamed because I was straight. They made my write multiple sentences of what happened and then ripped it up in front of me but not this other person. I just think it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not right that they treat others differently because they are different","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Sam","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102719067180902665367\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUzz2SCLmRXEkdMi0e4OWaYGWmpUCC-5z0b4CbQcz2LUdI=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-03-07T19:19:09Z"}]