Burnley High School

Burnley High School is a secondary free school in Burnley, United Kingdom with 579 pupils, part of Education Partnership Trust. Ofsted: Report card, 6 May 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 5; safeguarding met. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: English Teacher (closes 2 December) and Science Teacher (closes 2 December).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.

Head: Emma Lewis
Trust or group: Education Partnership Trust
Type: Free school, Secondary
Pupils: 579 pupils · 53% girls · 41.1% eligible for free school meals · 7.3% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs: 97 (16.8%) on SEN support · 18 (3.1%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority: Lancashire
Location: Burnley, BB12 6NX, United Kingdom
Telephone: 01282681950
Website: burnleyhighschool.co.uk
Register number: URN 141028 (register entry)
Ofsted: Report card, 6 May 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 5; safeguarding met

Vacancies (2)

English Teacher

Salary MPS/UPSCloses 2 Dec

Full time

Burnley High School wishes to appoint a hardworking, enthusiastic and committed English Teacher to join the school as soon as possible on a permanent contract. The Job The English…

Science Teacher

Salary MPS/UPSCloses 2 Dec

Full time

The Job Burnley High School wishes to appoint a hardworking, enthusiastic and committed Science Teacher. If you are experienced, enthusiastic, open to new ideas and have a…

Exam results

Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional	38.9	28.3%
2024/25	38.6	29.6%
2023/24	42.1	38.2%

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

Inspections

Report card (6 May 2026)

Inclusion: Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
Achievement: Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Safeguarding: Met

Date	Inspection	Outcome
6 May 2026	Report card	Strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 5; safeguarding met

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

Staff

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Vacancies	Average pay
2025/26	33.4	17.3	–	0	£53,659
2024/25	32.6	18.6	15%	0	£52,222
2023/24	34.1	17.8	33%	0	£44,068
2022/23	30.5	18.7	36%	4	£40,815
2021/22	31.8	17.5	25%	3	£37,825
2020/21	31.0	17.4	16%	0	£35,492

Earlier years (2014/15 to 2019/20)

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Vacancies	Average pay
2019/20	35.0	14.5	14%	0	£38,175
2018/19	29.7	14.2	29%	0	£38,848
2017/18	24.7	13.7	24%	0	£34,984
2016/17	16.0	14.2	25%	1	£33,604
2015/16	11.0	12.1	18%	0	£33,385
2014/15	5.1	6.6	41%	0	£37,848

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

Attendance

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2025/26	7.8%	2.2%	22.5%	2.7%
2024/25	8.1%	2.7%	22.8%	5.3%
2023/24	9.8%	4.3%	30.2%	3.8%
2022/23	8.7%	3.5%	26.2%	3.8%
2021/22	7.5%	1.8%	23.4%	1.9%
2020/21	3.3%	0.6%	8.3%	0.4%

Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2018/19	6.7%	1.7%	20.6%	3.6%
2017/18	6.2%	1.7%	17.1%	2.5%
2016/17	5.3%	1.3%	14.7%	0.4%

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

Hiring history

7 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 3 teaching, 2 support, 2 leadership. Most often advertised: Assistant Headteacher (2), Head of MFL, Higher Level Teaching Assistant. Last advertised October 2026.

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Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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