Worsthorne Primary School is a primary 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 10/10/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Brownside Road, Burnley

School Information

Address: Brownside Road, Burnley, BB10 3LR
Website: www.worsthorne.lancs.sch.uk
Telephone: 01282425690
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Sarah Nicholls
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119181

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 10/10/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 214
Number of Boys: 108
Number of Girls: 106

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 1.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -1.6 Confidence interval -3.8 to 0.5
Writing
Below Average: -2.1 Confidence interval -4.1 to -0.1
Maths
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.7 to 2.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:68%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Basnett Street Nursery School
Basnett Street , BB10 3ES 		4out of 4 2,753 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Rockwood Nursery School
Kingsland Road , BB11 3PU 		4out of 4 3,161 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Worsthorne Primary School
Brownside Road , Worsthorne BB10 3LR 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Burnley Brunshaw Primary School
Morse Street , BB10 4PB 		2out of 4 2,067 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley
Holcombe Drive , BB10 4BH 		2out of 4 2,684 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Woodgrove Road , BB11 3EJ 		3out of 4 2,782 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Heasandford Primary School
Williams Road , BB10 3DA 		3out of 4 3,025 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Unity College
Townley Holmes , BB11 3DF 		3out of 4 2,221 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Sir John Thursby Community College
Eastern Avenue , BB10 2AT 		3out of 4 2,521 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Ormerod Road , BB10 3AA 		- not rated 2,662 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Compass Community School Lancashire
Granville Street , BB10 2RA 		- not rated 2,344 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Girls More About School
Ridgewood Community High School
Eastern Avenue , BB10 2AT 		3out of 4 2,652 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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