Schools in Burnley

About schools in Burnley

Burnley lists 62 schools across a mix of phases. Its five secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

56%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 34 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

36.5

average Attainment 8 score, across the 9 schools with published results

Nursery schools8

• Basnett Street Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 3 to 5

• Ightenhill Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Reedley Hallows Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Rockwood Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Rosegrove Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Stoneyholme Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

• Taywood Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

• Whitegate Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools34

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Barden Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Briercliffe Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Burnley Brunshaw Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  23%

  expected standard
• Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Burnley Ightenhill Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  46%

  expected standard
• Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  35%

  expected standard
• Burnley Springfield Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  40%

  expected standard
• Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Casterton Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 5 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Cherry Fold Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Heasandford Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Higham St John's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Padiham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Read St John's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Reedley Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Rosegrove Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Rosewood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Whittlefield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Worsthorne Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard

Secondary schools5

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  37.6

  Attainment 8
• Burnley High School

  Free schools · Ages 11 to 16

  38.6

  Attainment 8
• Shuttleworth College

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 16

  39.5

  Attainment 8
• Sir John Thursby Community College

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 16

  41.0

  Attainment 8
• Unity College

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 16

  40.3

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Burnley College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision10

• Broadfield Specialist School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 19

• Coal Clough Academy

  Academy alternative provision sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

• Compass Community School Lancashire

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 17

• Holdsworth School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 18

• Holly Grove School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 11

• Moorlands View School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 16

• Ridgewood Community High School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 19

• Silver Birch School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 16

• The Heights Burnley

  Free schools alternative provision · Ages 5 to 16

• The Rose School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 16

Independent schools4

• Lincoln House School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

• Olive High Boys

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Boys

• Rawdhatul Uloom

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 11

• Rosa House School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

Common questions about schools in Burnley

How many schools does Burnley have?

OfferDay lists 62 schools in Burnley, including 34 primary schools and ten special and alternative provision schools.

Who inspects schools in Burnley?

Every school in Burnley is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Burnley ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Burnley where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.