The Rose School
Greenock Street, Burnley, BB11 4DT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Dunbavin
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 72
- Pupils on roll
- 88
- URN
- 134625
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282683050
About this school
The Rose School is a community special school in Burnley. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 88 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.8 | 5.1 | 16.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.84 -2.64 to -1.04 | -1.74 -2.72 to -0.75 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 7.1% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Rose 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 | 5.8 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.1 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 16.1 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 28.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 66 |
| 2023/24 | 67 |
| 2024/25 | 71 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 87.32%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 28.52%
- Persistent absence
- 56.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Broadfield Specialist School0.2 miles
Special schools · Burnley
-
Coal Clough Academy0.3 miles
Academies · Burnley
-
Lincoln House School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
-
The Heights Burnley1.2 miles
Free Schools · Burnley
-
Olive High1.3 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Burnley
- Broadfield Specialist School Special schools
- Coal Clough Academy Academies
- Compass Community School Lancashire Special schools
- Holdsworth School Special schools
- Holly Grove School Special schools
- Moorlands View School Special schools
- Ridgewood Community High School Special schools
- Silver Birch School Special schools
- The Heights Burnley Free Schools
- Basnett Street Nursery School Nursery
- Ightenhill Nursery School Nursery
- Reedley Hallows Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does The Rose School teach?
- The Rose School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Burnley.
- Who is the headteacher of The Rose School?
- The headteacher of The Rose School is Mrs Helen Dunbavin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Rose School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Rose 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 The Rose School?
- The Rose School has 88 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Rose School full?
- The Rose School has capacity for 72 pupils and 88 on roll (122%), so it is at or above 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 The Rose School a faith school?
- No. The Rose School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does The Rose School have?
- The schools register lists The Rose School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Rose School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 5.8 in 2022/23 and 16.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Rose School's absence rate?
- The Rose School's overall absence rate is 28.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Rose School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Rose 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 6 July 2026.