Briercliffe Primary School
Delamere Road, Briercliffe, Burnley, BB10 2JU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Joanne Ramsbottom
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 388
- URN
- 119168
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282459421
About this school
Briercliffe Primary School is a community primary school in Burnley. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 388 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 46 | 61 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 51% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 61% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 64% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 66% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Briercliffe Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 382 |
| 2023/24 | 396 |
| 2024/25 | 396 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Briercliffe Primary School compares
Briercliffe Primary School ranked 157th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 5% | 16.2% | 388 | — |
| St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School | 50% | 4.6% | 30.7% | 279 | 0.8 miles |
| Reedley Primary School | 61% | 5.9% | 44.6% | 408 | 1.1 miles |
| Casterton Primary Academy | 72% | 5.4% | 35.6% | 291 | 1.1 miles |
| St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 59% | 5.5% | 33.5% | 212 | 1.1 miles |
| Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 86% | 4.1% | 22.3% | 126 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.16%
- English as an additional language
- 7.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.99%
- Persistent absence
- 12.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Reedley Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Casterton Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Nelson
Other schools in Burnley
Briercliffe Primary School ranks 9th of the 33 ranked primary schools in Burnley.
- Barden Primary School Primary
- Burnley Brunshaw Primary School Primary
- Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burnley Ightenhill Primary School Primary
- Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School Primary
- Burnley Springfield Community Primary School Primary
- Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School Primary
- Casterton Primary Academy Primary
- Cherry Fold Community Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Briercliffe Primary School teach?
- Briercliffe Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Burnley.
- Who is the headteacher of Briercliffe Primary School?
- The headteacher of Briercliffe Primary School is Miss Joanne Ramsbottom, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Briercliffe Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Briercliffe Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Briercliffe Primary School?
- Briercliffe Primary School has 388 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Briercliffe Primary School full?
- Briercliffe Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 388 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Briercliffe Primary School a faith school?
- No. Briercliffe Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Briercliffe Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Briercliffe Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Briercliffe Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Briercliffe Primary School rank locally?
- Briercliffe Primary School ranked 157th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Briercliffe Primary School's absence rate?
- Briercliffe Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Briercliffe Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Briercliffe Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.