Sir John Thursby Community College
Foundation school · Secondary
Burnley · BB10 2AT · Lancashire
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 135013
Ridgewood Community High School
Community special school · Burnley · BB10 2AT
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
192
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas 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 community special school, Ages 11–19, in Burnley, Lancashire, 192 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 62.3%. SEN provision includes: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability….
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 135013
Location
- Address
- Eastern Avenue
- Postcode
- BB10 2AT
- Town
- Burnley
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Burnley
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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
- 192
- Boys / girls
- 135 / 57
- Free school meals
- 62.3%
- FSM pupils
- 96
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Carden
- Telephone
- 01282953653