Compass Community School Lancashire
Bend Hill Farm, Granville Street, Burnley, BB10 2RA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Rayner
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 6
- Pupils on roll
- 4
- URN
- 148397
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 07519379928
About this school
Compass Community School Lancashire is an independent special school in Burnley. It teaches children aged 11 to 17 and has 4 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Compass Community School Lancashire under its current framework. 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
Compass Community School Lancashire has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in March 2021, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 |
| Attainment 8 score | - |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - |
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 Compass Community School Lancashire 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 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 6 |
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%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 2
- Pupils on SEN support
- 2
Location
Nearby schools
-
Silver Birch School0.3 miles
Special schools · Burnley
-
Ridgewood Community High School0.7 miles
Special schools · Burnley
-
Holly Grove School1.4 miles
Special schools · Burnley
-
Rawdhatul Uloom1.5 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
-
Olive High Boys1.7 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
Other schools in Burnley
- Broadfield Specialist School Special schools
- Coal Clough Academy Academies
- 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
- The Rose School Special schools
- Basnett Street Nursery School Nursery
- Ightenhill Nursery School Nursery
- Reedley Hallows Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What ages does Compass Community School Lancashire teach?
- Compass Community School Lancashire teaches children aged 11 to 17. It is a special school in Burnley.
- Who is the headteacher of Compass Community School Lancashire?
- The headteacher of Compass Community School Lancashire is Mr Michael Rayner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Compass Community School Lancashire been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Compass Community School Lancashire under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Compass Community School Lancashire?
- Compass Community School Lancashire has 4 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 17.
- Is Compass Community School Lancashire full?
- Compass Community School Lancashire has capacity for 6 pupils and 4 on roll (67%), 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 Compass Community School Lancashire a faith school?
- No. Compass Community School Lancashire has no designated religious character.
- What are Compass Community School Lancashire's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Compass Community School Lancashire'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 24 July 2026.