Burnley High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D54
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burnley, BB12 6NX
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Shuttleworth College
Burnley Road, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8ST
Local ranking57th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 196
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Continued in education
- 66.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1079
- Boys
- 540 (50%)
- Girls
- 532 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (102% full)
- SEND
- 30.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.4%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 26.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,071/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 89.8%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
89.8%
White British
3.2%
White Other
2.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Burnley Road
Burnley, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 134994
- UKPRN
- 10018169
- Establishment No.
- 4801
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