Burnley High School

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Byron Street
Burnley
Lancashire
BB12 6NX
Phone 01282681950
Reference Number 141028

Description

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Burnley High School, located at Byron Street, BB12 6NX, is a modern secondary school in West Burnley, Lancashire, England. Established in 2014 as a free school, it was formed under the Education Partnership Trust. With a capacious student body of approximately 570 pupils, the school provides education to children aged 11 to 16.

The school operates under a strong ethos of family, fostering high academic expectations and pastoral care, aiming to cultivate well-rounded and globally prepared citizens. The academic staff-student ratio is 18:1, and the school presently achieves around 56% of pupils attaining grade 5 or more in GCSE subjects.

Burnley High School is also noted for its good inspection results, having been awarded a rating of 'Good' following a recent Ofsted inspection. The school is coeducational, with a gender balance of 45.6% boys and 54.4% girls. For more information, contact the school at 01282 681950 or visit www.burnleyhigh.com.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 570
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.61%
Girls: 54.39%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 125
8 126
9 123
10 106
11 90

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-09-21
Date Description Report
2022-06-28 School inspection School inspection
2017-05-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2018. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school 30 7 0 1 0 38
2. My child feels safe at this school 31 6 0 1 0 38
3. My child makes good progress at this school 25 11 0 1 1 38
4. My child is well looked after at this school 30 7 0 1 0 38
5. My child is taught well at this school 28 9 0 1 0 38
6. My child receives appropriate homework for their age 21 12 4 1 0 38
7. This school makes sure its pupils are well behaved 20 15 1 1 1 38
8. This school deals effectively with bullying 11 14 1 1 11 38
9. This school is well led and managed 25 8 4 1 0 38
10. This school responds well to any concerns I raise 22 12 2 1 1 38
11. I receive valuable information from the school about my child’s progress 19 15 2 1 1 38
12. Would you recommend this school to another parent? 36 2

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)
37.9 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 32% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 46% 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)
-0.64 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 242 8
Third Preference 230 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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