Schools in Burnley[1]

Local authority district E07000117 · 57 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 60 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 29 (48%)[4]
second 20%: 16 (27%)[4]
middle 20%: 6 (10%)[4]
fourth 20%: 4 (7%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 5 (8%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	48%[4]	20%[4]	7%[4]	13%[4]	12%[4]
Employment	52%[4]	20%[4]	8%[4]	18%[4]	2%[4]
Education and skills	48%[4]	23%[4]	7%[4]	13%[4]	8%[4]
Health and disability	62%[4]	23%[4]	15%[4]	0%[4]	0%[4]
Crime	45%[4]	25%[4]	8%[4]	12%[4]	10%[4]
Housing and services	13%[4]	13%[4]	40%[4]	30%[4]	3%[4]
Living environment	50%[4]	18%[4]	17%[4]	8%[4]	7%[4]
Children in low-income families	43%[4]	18%[4]	18%[4]	10%[4]	10%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 59.8% of 39,870 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 24.4% of 75,186 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 7.2% of 75,206 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Burnley High School	11–16[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8]
Shuttleworth College	11–16[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8]
Sir John Thursby Community College	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Unity College	11–16[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (30)

School	Ages	Headline results
Barden Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[9]
Briercliffe Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
Burnley Brunshaw Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 23% 2024/25[9]
Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[9]
Burnley Ightenhill Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[9]
Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[9]
Burnley Springfield Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[9]
Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[9]
Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[9]
Casterton Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[9]
Cherry Fold Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[9]
Heasandford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[9]
Padiham Green Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[9]
Padiham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[9]
Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[9]
Rosegrove Infant School	4–7[2]
Rosewood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[9]
St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[9]
St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[9]
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[9]
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[9]
St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger	5–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[9]
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[9]
St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[9]
Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[9]
Whittlefield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[9]
Worsthorne Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[9]

Independent schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Lincoln House School	11–18[2]
Olive High	11–16[2]
Olive High Boys	11–16[2]
Rawdhatul Uloom	4–11[2]
Rosa House School	11–18[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
Broadfield Specialist School	11–19[2]
Coal Clough Academy	11–16[2]
Compass Community School Lancashire	11–17[2]
Holly Grove School	2–11[2]
Moorlands View School	7–16[2]
Ridgewood Community High School	11–19[2]
Silver Birch School	11–16[2]
The Heights Burnley	5–16[2]
The Rose School	11–16[2]

Nursery schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Basnett Street Nursery School	3–5[2]
Ightenhill Nursery School	2–5[2]
Reedley Hallows Nursery School	2–5[2]
Rockwood Nursery School	2–5[2]
Rosegrove Nursery School	2–5[2]
Stoneyholme Nursery School	2–5[2]
Taywood Nursery School	2–4[2]
Whitegate Nursery School	2–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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