Unity College
Townley Holmes, Burnley, BB11 3DF
Local ranking64th of 86 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1480
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 26.8%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4
- Cohort Size
- 276
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1416
- Boys
- 711 (50%)
- Girls
- 705 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1480 (96% full)
- SEND
- 21.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.8%
- EAL
- 8.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 19.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 97.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,630/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.8%
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
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- White British: 79.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.7%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Other: 3.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
79.9%
White British
5.7%
Asian Pakistani
3.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135003
- UKPRN
- 10016004
- Establishment No.
- 4806