Burnley High School is a secondary school located in Burnley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 24/05/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.7%, which is 2.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Byron Street, Burnley

School Information

Address: Byron Street, Burnley, BB12 6NX
Website: http://burnleyhighschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01282681950
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Emma Starkey
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 141028

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 24/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 650
Number of Pupils: 539
Number of Boys: 267
Number of Girls: 272

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.03 Confidence interval -0.36 to 0.41
Of the 42 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 42 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:24%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:55%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.17
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitegate Nursery School
Victoria Road , Padiham BB12 8TG
4out of 4 749 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Rosegrove Nursery School
Havelock Street , BB12 6AJ
4out of 4 1,024 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Ightenhill Nursery School
Lionel Street , BB12 6DY
4out of 4 1,552 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Taywood Nursery
Accrington Road , BB11 5AE
4out of 4 2,363 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School
Liverpool Road , BB12 6LN
3out of 4 758 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Padiham Primary School
Burnley Road , Padiham BB12 8SJ
3out of 4 816 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Lowerhouse Lane , BB12 6HZ
- not rated 999 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Rosegrove Infant School
Owen Street , BB12 6HW
3out of 4 1,096 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham
St John's Road , Padiham BB12 7BN
3out of 4 1,590 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Burnley High School
Byron Street , BB12 6NX
3out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Shuttleworth College
Burnley Road , Padiham BB12 8ST
2out of 4 508 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Burnley College
Princess Way , BB12 0AN
- not rated 3,180 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Park Hill School
Park Hill , Padiham Road BB12 6TG
- not rated 654 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Coal Clough Academy
Swindon Street , BB11 4PF
3out of 4 2,628 yd Academy alternative provision sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Rose School
Greenock Street , BB11 4DT
3out of 4 2,701 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Heights Burnley
Burleigh Street , BB12 0DU
- not rated 3,157 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.