Unity College

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Townley Holmes
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 3DF
Phone 01282683010
Reference Number 135003

Description

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Unity College BB11 3DF is a secondary school located in Burnley, Lancashire. Some key facts about this institution include:

  • Originally formed from a student-driven merger of local schools.
  • Address: Towneley Holmes, Burnley, BB11 3DF.
  • Offers a broad curriculum, including Post-16 Pathways to assist students in choosing their career routes.
  • Engages students in community events and activities, such as Burnley Youth Theatre's Toxic and the Year 11 Reward Trip to Choc Stop.
  • Provides resources and information for safeguarding, health and wellbeing, and attendance, demonstrating a commitment to students' welfare.
  • Hosts events like the Post-16 Pathways Evening to enable students to learn about diverse career opportunities.

Unity College endeavors to create an inclusive, engaged learning community within Burnley that fosters academic achievement and personal growth.

Note: The specific details and facts highlighted here are based on the information available from the sources provided, and they do not constitute a comprehensive history or profile of Unity College BB11 3DF. To learn more about the school, you may want to access the college's official website or prospectus.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1380
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.71%
Girls: 50.29%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 291
8 297
9 280
10 277
11 235

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2018-12-04
Date Description Report
2018-11-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-01-30 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-06-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-11-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-01-11 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-01-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-06-17 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2007-11-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
39.5 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 28% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 42% Upgrade Upgrade

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
-0.3 Upgrade Upgrade

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 241 12
Third Preference 266 5
From another Local Authority 7 1

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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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