Heasandford Primary School

Heasandford Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas, including education quality, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school emphasizes pupil well-being and fosters a supportive environment where positive relationships between staff and students prevail. Teachers maintain high expectations and deliver an ambitious curriculum, particularly excelling in reading and providing effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Despite its strengths, the school has identified some areas for improvement, specifically in the assessment processes for certain subjects, where inconsistencies may hinder pupils' learning. Additionally, the school is navigating the challenges posed by the community it serves, including a significant number of students who speak English as an additional language. This context highlights the school's commitment to adaptability and growth in meeting diverse learner needs.

Strengths

• Strong positive relationships between staff and pupils
• Clear expectations for behavior understood by all pupils
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum from early years to Year 6
• Effective support for pupils with SEND to ensure they learn alongside peers
• High prioritization of reading with good resources and support for home learning
• Improved pupil attendance and reduced persistent absence rates

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in assessment checks in a small number of subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Heasandford Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Heasandford Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Heasandford Primary School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 3.2% of pupils at Heasandford Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Heasandford Primary School received £7,208 and spent £7,507 for each of its 630 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £345,000 (£548 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Heasandford Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heasandford Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Heasandford Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heasandford Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Heasandford Primary School have?

Heasandford Primary School has 630 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heasandford Primary School cover?

Heasandford Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Heasandford Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heasandford Primary School?

Heasandford Primary School is at Williams Road, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 3DA.