Schools

Burnley schools and Ofsted

Every state school and nursery in Burnley, 43 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 81% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 6 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.

43state schools and nurseries

81%good or betterat their last inspection

6new report cardssince November 2025

5inspections publishedin the last six months

Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.

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Latest inspections

Every school


Basnett Street Nursery SchoolBB10 3ES	Nursery	Brunshaw	Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025)
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyBB10 3AA	Secondary	Fulledge	Report card May 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 3
Briercliffe Primary SchoolBB10 2JU	Primary	Harle Syke	Report card Mar 2026: Expected standard in every area
Broadfield Specialist SchoolBB11 5BT	Special	Rose Hill	School remains Outstanding (2024)
Burnley Brunshaw Primary SchoolBB10 4PB	Primary	Brunshaw	Good (2022)
Burnley High SchoolBB12 6NX	Secondary	Habergham	Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 5
Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolBB11 4LB	Primary	Rose Hill	School remains Good (2022)
Burnley Ightenhill Primary SchoolBB12 6ED	Primary	Rose Grove	School remains Good (2023)
Burnley Lowerhouse Junior SchoolBB12 6LN	Primary	Habergham	Requires improvement (2023)
Burnley Springfield Community Primary SchoolBB11 3HP	Primary	Burnley Wood	Good in every area (2025)
Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolBB11 2DL	Primary	Burnley	Good (2023)
Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBB11 3EJ	Primary	Burnley Wood	Report card May 2026: Needs attention in every area
Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary SchoolBB12 0BN	Primary	Burnley	Outstanding in every area (2025)
Cherry Fold Community Primary SchoolBB11 5JS	Primary	Rose Hill	Good in 1, requires improvement in 3 (2025)
Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBB11 4RB	Primary	Rose Hill	Standards maintained (2025)
Coal Clough AcademyBB11 4PF	Alternative provision	Rose Hill	School remains Good (2024)
Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary SchoolBB11 5RF	Primary	Hapton	Good (2023)
Heasandford Primary SchoolBB10 3DA	Primary	Burnley	Good (2024)
Ightenhill Nursery SchoolBB12 6DY	Nursery	Rose Grove	School remains Outstanding (2024)
Padiham Green Church of England Primary SchoolBB12 7AX	Primary	Padiham	Report card May 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 4
Padiham Primary SchoolBB12 8SJ	Primary	Padiham	School remains Good (2023)
Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolBB12 8HT	Primary	Padiham	Requires improvement (2024)
Ridgewood Community High SchoolBB10 2AT	Special	Harle Syke	School remains Good (2023)
Rockwood Nursery SchoolBB11 3PU	Nursery	Burnley Wood	Good in every area (2025)
Rosegrove Infant SchoolBB12 6HW	Primary	Rose Grove	Good (2024)
Rosegrove Nursery SchoolBB12 6AJ	Nursery	Rose Grove	Standards maintained (2024)
Rosewood Primary SchoolBB11 2PH	Primary	Rose Hill	Standards maintained (2025)
Shuttleworth CollegeBB12 8ST	Secondary	Habergham	Good in 3, requires improvement in 1 (2025)
Sir John Thursby Community CollegeBB10 2AT	Secondary	Harle Syke	Good (2023)
St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyBB12 6HZ	Primary	Rose Grove	School remains Good (2024)
St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary SchoolBB10 2NH	Primary	Harle Syke	Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in every area
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, PadihamBB12 7BN	Primary	Padiham	School remains Good (2023)
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBB12 0JD	Primary	Rose Grove	Good (2023)
St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBB10 4BH	Primary	Fulledge	Not inspected since it opened in 2023
Stoneyholme Nursery SchoolBB12 0BU	Nursery	Burnley	School remains Outstanding (2023)
Taywood Nursery SchoolBB11 5AE	Nursery	Rose Grove	Good (2024)
The Heights BurnleyBB12 0DU	Alternative provision	Burnley	Good (2024)
The Rose SchoolBB11 4DT	Special	Rose Hill	Good in every area (2024)
Unity CollegeBB11 3DF	Secondary	Brunshaw	Requires improvement (2024)
Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church SchoolBB12 0JD	Primary	Rose Grove	Good (2023)
Whitegate Nursery SchoolBB12 8TG	Nursery	Habergham	Good in every area (2025)
Whittlefield Primary SchoolBB12 0HL	Primary	Rose Grove	School remains Good (2023)
Worsthorne Primary SchoolBB10 3LR	Primary	Worsthorne	Good (2023)

How the new report cards work

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 6 Burnley report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 25 times, needs attention 14 times, strong standard 1 times.

Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.

Where the figures come from

Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at BB and OL postcodes and show here the ones in Burnley. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.

Schools in every area

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F

Fulledge

H

P

R

W

Worsthorne

Questions people ask

How many schools in Burnley are rated good or better?

81% of the 43 state schools and nurseries in Burnley were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.

What are Ofsted report cards?

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.

How many schools are there in Burnley?

There are 43 state-funded schools and nurseries in Burnley: 26 primary, 7 nursery, 5 secondary, 3 special, 2 alternative provision.