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Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Jo Roberts

location_onBurnley, BB11 3EJ

language Visit Website phone 1282427848

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

206

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Expected Standard

40%

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Demand Ratio

1.1x

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Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Burnley, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.1×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 92% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Burnley, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 207 pupils on roll, of whom 41% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #380 of 444 primaries in Lancashire and #12,734 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.1× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 4.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

40%

LA 59%

Reading63% LA 73%

Writing50% LA 69%

Maths43% LA 72%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

27%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading50% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing40% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths53% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

42%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading65% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing52% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths65% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.0

Read

LA -0.2

-2.2 to 2.3

-3.3

Write

LA 0.1

-5.4 to -1.1

-0.7

Maths

LA -0.3

-2.9 to 1.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

64%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading75% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing82% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths64% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.8

Read

LA -0.2

-6.1 to -1.5

-0.5

Write

LA 0.1

-2.6 to 1.7

-5.6

Maths

LA -0.2

-7.6 to -3.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 65%

Reading81% LA 76%

Writing84% LA 78%

Maths81% LA 75%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.1

-2.1 to 2.1

1.1

Write

LA 0.1

-1 to 3.2

-2

Maths

LA 0.0

-3.9 to -0.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

12 January 2022

Inspection Report

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06 July 2016

Inspection Report

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15 October 2014

Inspection Report

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17 June 2014

Inspection Report

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15 January 2013

Inspection Report

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23 January 2012

Inspection Report

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13 October 2009

Inspection Report

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27 March 2007

Inspection Report

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26 February 2001

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-07-06

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-06-17

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

2.4%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.9%(4 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 207 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.4%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	207	5	2.4%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	205	12	5.9%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	207	11	5.3%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	209	2	1.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	208	3	1.4%	0.8%	1
2022/23 (Summer term)	212	10	4.7%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	206	5	2.4%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	209	6	2.9%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	208	5	2.4%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	210	5	2.4%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	210	3	1.4%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	209	2	1.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	211	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	208	3	1.4%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	207	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	207	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	211	5	2.4%	0.6%	1
2018/19 (Summer term)	210	7	3.3%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	209	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	210	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	214	1	0.5%	0.5%	1
2017/18 (Spring term)	208	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	212	2	0.9%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	209	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	208	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	206	1	0.5%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 17 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 8 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 8 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils