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Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 208 pupils Burnley
Ofsted: Good
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Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Burnley for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 208 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley. In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Calderbrook Avenue
Burnley
Lancashire
BB11 4RB
Phone 01282429108
Reference Number 149124

General Makeup

Number of pupils 208
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.85%
Girls: 46.15%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 14 30
2 16 14 30
3 17 13 30
4 12 17 29
5 18 12 30
6 16 13 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.5%
White, Other 8.7%
African 1.4%
White & Asian 1%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Mixed, Other 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley, inspected in July 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 25 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
25 Mar 2025 School inspection
08 Sep 2022 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 67%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 105

Progress Scores

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.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.6
Writing 2.6
Maths 1.4

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 44 0
Third Preference 36 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 209 pupils for 210 places. 1 places (0.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Burnley/South Burnley Primary” planning area

Lancashire counted 335 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 305 in 2029–30, down 9%.

202320242025
Places 210210210
Pupils 211210209
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.5%

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 Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 2.6%3.3%3.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%1.0%1.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.5%

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 Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.51.40.0
Permanent exclusions 000

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 Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 25.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 9.9
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 17.8% of pupils at Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 26 1
Specific learning difficulty 9 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 4
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0

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 2024–25 Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy received £6,826 and spent £6,958 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £189,000 (£915 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Romero Catholic Academy Trust, income was £8,388 and spending £8,280 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve £201,000£223,000£189,000
per pupil £955£1,064£915
In-year balance £51,000£10,000-£27,000
per pupil £243£48-£132

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, Burnley.

When was Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy have?

Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy cover?

Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy?

Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is at Calderbrook Avenue, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 4RB.

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