Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 29 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry551 applications · 119 places offered · 126 named it first
- 2026 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 5.1; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 4.4; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.8
- 2019 4.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2018 6.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2017 4.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2015 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
- This school
- Lancashire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 119 | 551 | 4.6 | 126 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 120 | 607 | 5.1 | 130 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 129 | 599 | 4.6 | 136 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 131 | 602 | 4.6 | 130 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 127 | 552 | 4.4 | 133 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 129 | 532 | 4.1 | 124 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 547 | 4.6 | 135 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 120 | 522 | 4.4 | 99 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2018 | 89 | 539 | 6.1 | 148 | 1.66 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 356 | 4.0 | 124 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 270 | 3.0 | 83 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 75 | 142 | 1.9 | 61 | 0.81 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 106 | 38.9 | 28% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 125 | 38.6 | 30% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 102 | 42.1 | 38% | 56% | −0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 91 | 38.0 | 32% | 53% | −0.64 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Burnley High SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.6applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Lancashire20263.1applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · LancashireRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · LancashireGood20231.9applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · LancashireGood20232.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Lancashire20264.0applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · LancashireStandards maintained20243.3applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141028 · 888/4008
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 579 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Address
- Byron Street, Burnley, BB12 6NX
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Burnley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources