Olive High Boys
Ormerod Road (Entrance Via Shorey Bank), Burnley, BB11 2RU
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Headteacher
- Mrs Mahwish Hanif
- Religious ethos
- Islam
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 114
- URN
- 149835
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01282940327
About this school
Olive High Boys is a boys' independent school in Burnley. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 114 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Olive High Boys under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Olive High Boys has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2023, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Trends over time
How Olive High Boys has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 41 |
| 2024/25 | 74 |
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%
Location
Nearby schools
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Olive High0.1 miles
Independent schools
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The Heights Burnley0.5 miles
Free Schools · Burnley
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Rawdhatul Uloom0.5 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
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Lincoln House School0.5 miles
Independent schools · Burnley
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Holly Grove School0.9 miles
Special schools · Burnley
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Common questions
- What ages does Olive High Boys teach?
- Olive High Boys teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is an independent school in Burnley.
- Who is the headteacher of Olive High Boys?
- The headteacher of Olive High Boys is Mrs Mahwish Hanif, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Olive High Boys been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Olive High Boys 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 Olive High Boys?
- Olive High Boys has 114 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Olive High Boys full?
- Olive High Boys has capacity for 350 pupils and 114 on roll (33%), 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 Olive High Boys a faith school?
- No. Olive High Boys has no designated religious character.
- Does Olive High Boys publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Olive High Boys. 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 24 July 2026.