Voluntary aided school · Primary
Burnley · BB12 0JD · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 148993
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · Burnley · BB12 0JD
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
191
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Burnley, Lancashire, 191 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 21.5%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Salford.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 148993
Location
- Address
- Wellfield Drive, Office 204
- Postcode
- BB12 0JD
- 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
- 191
- Boys / girls
- 84 / 107
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 191 / 210 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- FSM pupils
- 41
- 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
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Governance
- Academy trust: ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Romero Catholic Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Price
- Telephone
- 01282436880
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-10-11
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 32%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0