The Heights Burnley
Burleigh Street, Burnley, BB12 0DU
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natalie Lewis
- Sponsor
- Education Partnership Trust
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 0
- URN
- 145918
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282882150
About this school
The Heights Burnley is a special academy in Burnley. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 0 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How The Heights Burnley has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 0 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lincoln House School0.4 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
-
Olive High Boys0.5 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
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Rawdhatul Uloom0.5 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
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Olive High0.5 miles
Independent schools
-
Holly Grove School0.8 miles
Special schools · Burnley
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 Rose School Special schools
- Basnett Street Nursery School Nursery
- Ightenhill Nursery School Nursery
- Reedley Hallows Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does The Heights Burnley teach?
- The Heights Burnley teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Burnley.
- Who is the headteacher of The Heights Burnley?
- The headteacher of The Heights Burnley is Mrs Natalie Lewis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Heights Burnley last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Heights Burnley, 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 Heights Burnley?
- The Heights Burnley has 0 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is The Heights Burnley full?
- The Heights Burnley has capacity for 150 pupils and 0 on roll (0%), 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 The Heights Burnley a faith school?
- No. The Heights Burnley has no designated religious character.
- Who runs The Heights Burnley?
- The Heights Burnley is part of EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does The Heights Burnley publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for The Heights Burnley. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.