# Burnley High School

Burnley High School is a secondary school in Burnley, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 579 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E141028. [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 579
- Council: Burnley
- URN: 141028

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 6 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Burnley High School was 38.9, against 36.4 in Burnley and 46.2 in England.
28.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Burnley | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 38.9 | 36.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28.3% | 30% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46.2% | 47.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 106 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Shuttleworth College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shuttleworth-college-e134994): 470 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 38.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Holdsworth School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holdsworth-school-e152515): 600 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Whitegate Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitegate-nursery-school-e119096): 690 m. Nursery. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- [Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burnley-lowerhouse-junior-school-e119215): 690 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), September 2023. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Padiham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/padiham-primary-school-e119164): 750 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustine-of-canterbury-rc-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e147564): 910 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/141028)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/141028)

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