Academy converter · Primary
Burnley · BB12 9ED · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 119387
Higham St John's Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Burnley · BB12 9EU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
120
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Burnley, Lancashire, 120 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 19.2%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Blackburn.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 119387
Location
- Address
- Higham Hall Road, Higham
- Postcode
- BB12 9EU
- Town
- Burnley
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Pendle
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 120
- Boys / girls
- 61 / 59
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 120 / 140 (86%)
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
- FSM pupils
- 23
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Shaw
- Telephone
- 01282772376
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-01-27
Category of concern
Special measures
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 60%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0