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Whittlefield Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 188Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 119262URN

Tabor Street, Burnley, BB12 0HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodFeb 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2022
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.5 above Lancashire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

73 applications for 24 places · 93rd of 366 in Lancashire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
67%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodFeb 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2022

Inspection history

  1. 14 December 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 7 February 2017
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.0applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Lancashire median (2.6) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

73 applications · 24 places offered · 18 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.6; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
  8. 2019 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
  11. 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202624733.0180.75
Sep 202530993.3301.00
Sep 202429873.0291.00
Sep 202330893.0321.07
Sep 2022301073.6361.20
Sep 2021291063.7381.31
Sep 202030923.1371.23
Sep 201930923.1371.23
Sep 201830953.2361.20
Sep 201730742.5280.93
Sep 201629873.0280.97
Sep 201523713.1210.91
Sep 201422582.6200.91

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 77% · Maths 77% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%169th of 444 in Lancashire
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard77%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2567%0%102103
2023/2410%0%9897
2022/2334%0%10099

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
119262 · 888/2235
Capacity
210 pupils · 188 on roll
Free school meals
38.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Tabor Street, Burnley, BB12 0HL
Local authority
Lancashire · Burnley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources