Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
- 17 March 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 26 September 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry757 applications · 248 places offered · 248 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2022 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2020 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2018 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 3.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2016 3.4; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as Blessed Trinity RC College (URN 134997), the previous school.
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 | 248 | 757 | 3.1 | 248 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 245 | 843 | 3.4 | 265 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 246 | 819 | 3.3 | 261 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 249 | 789 | 3.2 | 271 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 245 | 775 | 3.2 | 246 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 279 | 784 | 2.8 | 276 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 * | 248 | 852 | 3.4 | 265 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 * | 250 | 854 | 3.4 | 273 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 * | 250 | 867 | 3.5 | 318 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 * | 250 | 882 | 3.5 | 346 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2016 * | 248 | 840 | 3.4 | 343 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2015 * | 251 | 743 | 3.0 | 299 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2014 * | 251 | 611 | 2.4 | 281 | 1.12 |
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.) | 276 | 40.1 | 34% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 249 | 37.6 | 27% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 247 | 40.3 | 32% | 58% | −0.32 |
| 2022/23 | 249 | 41.4 | 36% | 57% | −0.25 |
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
- Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.1applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · LancashireGood20231.9applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · LancashireRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · LancashireGood20232.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Lancashire20264.6applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Lancashire20262.4applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Lancashire20263.1applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Lancashire20263.7applications per place 37.1Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147581 · 888/4804
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,280 pupils · 1,261 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2020
- Replaced
- Blessed Trinity RC College (URN 134997)
- Address
- Ormerod Road, Burnley, BB10 3AA
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Burnley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources