St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C66
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Burnley, BB10 2NH
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Briercliffe Primary School
Delamere Road, Briercliffe, Burnley, BB10 2JU
Local ranking260th of 467 primary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 27 January 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 396
- Boys
- 206 (53%)
- Girls
- 182 (47%)
- Capacity
- 420 (92% full)
- SEND
- 11.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.2%
- EAL
- 7.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 9.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,984/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 89.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.3%
89.6%
White British
3.1%
Asian Pakistani
2.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Delamere Road
Burnley, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119168
- UKPRN
- 10077723
- Establishment No.
- 2076
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