Our Lady & St John Catholic Arts College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in Blackburn, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, with specialist status as an Arts College

Arts College

Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...

and Vocational College.
The school was created in 1987 by the amalgamation of Notre Dame Grammar School and St. John Rigby R.C. High School.
A purpose-built Vocational Centre opened in September 2009.

Attainment

In 2009, 69% of Year 11 students achieved 5 A*-C GCSE passes. The school's value-added measure was 1011in 2007(national average 1000).