Shuttleworth College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burnley, BB12 8ST
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Burnley High School
Byron Street, Burnley, BB12 6NX
Local ranking45th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 106
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 607
- Boys
- 274 (47%)
- Girls
- 305 (53%)
- Capacity
- 600 (97% full)
- SEND
- 18.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.4%
- EAL
- 6.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,531/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
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.2%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
88.2%
White British
3.2%
White Other
2.0%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Byron Street
Burnley, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 141028
- UKPRN
- 10046966
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TRUST
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