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Cherry Fold Community Primary School

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

personMrs Chloe Moretta

location_onBurnley, BB11 5JS

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

393

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Expected Standard

55%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Cherry Fold Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Burnley, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 72% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Cherry Fold Community Primary School is a community school in Burnley, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 384 pupils on roll, of whom 67% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #239 of 444 primaries in Lancashire and #8,578 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 3.4 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

55%

LA 59%

Reading63% LA 73%

Writing71% LA 69%

Maths63% LA 72%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading58% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing58% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths61% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

37%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading46% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing51% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths44% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.4

Read

LA -0.2

-5.0 to -1.7

-1.2

Write

LA 0.1

-2.8 to 0.4

-3.9

Maths

LA -0.3

-5.4 to -2.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

48%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading63% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing76% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths67% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.9

Read

LA -0.2

-4.8 to -0.9

-1.8

Write

LA 0.1

-3.6 to -0.1

-1.3

Maths

LA -0.2

-3.0 to 0.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 65%

Reading59% LA 76%

Writing66% LA 78%

Maths71% LA 75%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2

Read

LA 0.1

-3.9 to -0.1

-1.6

Write

LA 0.1

-3.4 to 0.2

1.3

Maths

LA 0.0

-0.4 to 3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

20 May 2025

Inspection Report

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17 April 2024

Inspection Report

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18 September 2018

Inspection Report

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02 July 2014

Inspection Report

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17 April 2013

Inspection Report

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24 January 2013

Inspection Report

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18 May 2011

Inspection Report

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24 June 2010

Inspection Report

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03 July 2008

Inspection Report

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23 May 2005

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-05-20

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2018-09-18

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-07-02

None Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

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

3.9%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

2.3%(9 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 384 pupils. During this period, there were 15 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 3.9%, 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)	384	15	3.9%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	379	11	2.9%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	411	3	0.7%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	411	3	0.7%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	401	5	1.2%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	414	9	2.2%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	393	8	2.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	382	7	1.8%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	400	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	380	6	1.6%	0.5%	1
2021/22 (Autumn term)	384	17	4.4%	0.5%	1
2020/21 (Summer term)	404	8	2.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	389	2	0.5%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	390	6	1.5%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	422	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	422	5	1.2%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	390	5	1.3%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	404	2	0.5%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	406	1	0.2%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	393	2	0.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	392	2	0.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	384	4	1.0%	0.4%	1
2017/18 (Autumn term)	372	11	3.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	384	4	1.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	402	8	2.0%	0.4%	1
2016/17 (Autumn term)	381	10	2.6%	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 46 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 20 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 2 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Profound & Multiple Learning 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils