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Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

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

personMrs Sarah Webster

corporate_fareROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onBurnley, BB11 4RB

language Visit Website phone 1282429108

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

211

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Expected Standard

67%

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Demand Ratio

1.1x

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Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a Academy converter 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 42% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Burnley, Lancashire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 206 pupils on roll, of whom 16% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #116 of 444 primaries in Lancashire and #4,859 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. 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 25.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 59%

Reading73% LA 73%

Writing83% LA 69%

Maths80% LA 72%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading60% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing73% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths67% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading70% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing77% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths87% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA -0.2

-1.6 to 2.9

2.6

Write

LA 0.1

0.4 to 4.7

1.4

Maths

LA -0.3

-0.8 to 3.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

25 March 2025

Inspection Report

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08 September 2022

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2019-07-03

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-05-07

None EIF

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

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 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 206 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	206	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	209	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	210	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	210	2	1.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	212	1	0.5%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	211	1	0.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	211	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	213	0	0.0%	0.6%

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 18 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 12 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils