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Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School and Sixth Form College

Comprehensive

National rank

59=

Rank last year

78.3^%

A-level

66.3^%

GCSE

Comprehensive School of the Year in the Northwest 2026

Need to know

Head teacher Shahnaz Akhtar

Attendance 96.9%

Gender of entry Girls

Send pupils* 12.9% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 861

Pupils on free school meals 14.0%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

11.7

35.2

31.3

A*/A

A*-B

78.3

Grade

9/8

43.3

22.9

9/8/7

66.3

What the school inspection says

“Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are very proud to attend this all-girls’ school. They told inspectors that the school is a place where they thrive. Pupils feel highly valued … Leaders are dedicated to overcoming any social disadvantage or gender inequality that pupils maya face ... Leaders have unwaveringly high expectations for excellence, which permeate all aspects of school life. In return, pupils work tirelessly and achieve excellent academic outcomes ... Pupils enjoy the vast array of clubs and activities that take place at lunchtimes ... Pupils are avid readers.”

Inspection

2022

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The school opened in 1984 as the founding school of Star Academies, a multi-academy trust that runs a diverse network of primary and secondary schools.
It aims to promote a culture of educational excellence from a caring, secure Islamic environment, with non-Muslim students welcomed.
The hijab is part of the uniform for those Muslim girls who choose to wear it.
At the heart of the curriculum at Key Stage 3 and 4 is the English Baccalaureate: 7 is the average grade achieved across all subjects.
For more than six years, BTec health and social care students from the sixth form have been pledging their commitment to raising awareness about dementia.
Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School and Sixth Form College was awarded State Faith Secondary School of the Year 2025

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info@tighs.staracademies.org

Telephone

01254 54021

Website

tighs.com

Address

Preston New Road, Blackburn, BB2 7AD

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