Oswaldtwistle White Ash School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Accrington, BB5 4QG
- Distance
- 3.3km away
Newfield School
Old Bank Lane, Off Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, BB1 2PW
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
190
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 14
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 235
- Boys
- 176 (73%)
- Girls
- 66 (27%)
- Capacity
- 190 (127% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.3%
- EAL
- 31.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £29,614/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 39.6%
- White British: 36.2%
- Asian Indian: 15.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.0%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- White Other: 0.8%
39.6%
Asian Pakistani
36.2%
White British
15.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Old Bank Lane
Blackburn, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 132051
- UKPRN
- 10016716
- Establishment No.
- 7107
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