Ridgewood Community High School
Eastern Avenue, Burnley, BB10 2AT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Carden
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 192
- URN
- 135013
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282953653
About this school
Ridgewood Community High School is a community special school in Burnley. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 192 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 16 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 21 | 47 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 0.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.0 |
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 Ridgewood Community High 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 182 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 190 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.13%
- English as an additional language
- 27.4%
- Overall absence
- 14.16%
- Persistent absence
- 31.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rawdhatul Uloom0.7 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
-
Compass Community School Lancashire0.7 miles
Special schools · Burnley
-
Silver Birch School0.7 miles
Special schools · Burnley
-
Holly Grove School0.7 miles
Special schools · Burnley
-
Olive High Boys1.0 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
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- Compass Community School Lancashire Special schools
- Holdsworth School Special schools
- Holly Grove School Special schools
- Moorlands View School Special schools
- Silver Birch School Special schools
- The Heights Burnley Free Schools
- The Rose School Special schools
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Common questions
- What year groups does Ridgewood Community High School teach?
- Ridgewood Community High School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Burnley.
- Who is the headteacher of Ridgewood Community High School?
- The headteacher of Ridgewood Community High School is Mr Ian Carden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ridgewood Community High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ridgewood Community High 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 Ridgewood Community High School?
- Ridgewood Community High School has 192 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Ridgewood Community High School a faith school?
- No. Ridgewood Community High School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Ridgewood Community High School have?
- The schools register lists Ridgewood Community High School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Ridgewood Community High School's absence rate?
- Ridgewood Community High School's overall absence rate is 14.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ridgewood Community High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ridgewood Community High 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.