# Ridgewood Community High School

Ridgewood Community High School is a special school in Burnley, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 192 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E135013. [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 192
- Council: Burnley
- URN: 135013

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, November 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 16 November 2023
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).


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

| Measure | This school | Burnley | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 36.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 30% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 47.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 31 | – | – |

Ridgewood Community High School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
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.

- [Sir John Thursby Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-john-thursby-community-college-e134996): 160 m. Secondary. Good (overall), April 2023. Attainment 8 of 40.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Basnett Street Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/basnett-street-nursery-school-e119101): 380 m. Nursery. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- [Heasandford Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heasandford-primary-school-e119261): 660 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-james-lanehead-church-of-england-primary-school-e119487): 720 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-the-baptist-rc-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e147578): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Casterton Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/casterton-primary-academy-e145978): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022. 72% 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/135013)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135013)

## How to cite

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