Cherry Fold Community Primary School
Cog Lane, Burnley, BB11 5JS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Chloe Moretta
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 366
- URN
- 133622
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282426630
About this school
Cherry Fold Community Primary School is a community primary school in Burnley. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 366 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 59 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 46% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 46% | 58% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | 61% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 49% | 54% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
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 Cherry Fold Community 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 | 37% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 393 |
| 2023/24 | 411 |
| 2024/25 | 384 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cherry Fold Community Primary School compares
Cherry Fold Community Primary School ranked 303rd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 8.8% | 66.7% | 366 | — |
| Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 67% | 4.2% | 16% | 208 | 0.5 miles |
| Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 45% | 5.6% | 54.5% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| Rosewood Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 41.8% | 400 | 0.7 miles |
| Burnley Ightenhill Primary School | 46% | 6.2% | 55% | 349 | 0.9 miles |
| Rosegrove Infant School | — | 6.3% | 28.3% | 133 | 0.9 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)
- 66.67%
- English as an additional language
- 30.5%
- Overall absence
- 8.79%
- Persistent absence
- 28.57%
Location
Nearby schools
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Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Rosewood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Burnley Ightenhill Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Burnley
-
Rosegrove Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Burnley
Other schools in Burnley
Cherry Fold Community Primary School ranks 20th of the 33 ranked primary schools in Burnley.
- Barden Primary School Primary
- Briercliffe 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
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cherry Fold Community Primary School teach?
- Cherry Fold Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Burnley.
- Who is the headteacher of Cherry Fold Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cherry Fold Community Primary School is Mrs Chloe Moretta, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cherry Fold Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cherry Fold Community 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 Cherry Fold Community Primary School?
- Cherry Fold Community Primary School has 366 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cherry Fold Community Primary School full?
- Cherry Fold Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 366 on roll (87%), 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 Cherry Fold Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cherry Fold Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cherry Fold Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cherry Fold Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cherry Fold Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cherry Fold Community Primary School rank locally?
- Cherry Fold Community Primary School ranked 303rd of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cherry Fold Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Cherry Fold Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cherry Fold Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cherry Fold Community 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 1 July 2026.