Burnley Brunshaw Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Burnley · BB10 4PB · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS234%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM42.3%
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 119181
Worsthorne Primary School
Community school · Burnley · BB10 3LR
Ages 4–11 · 213 pupils · Lancashire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
48%
Overall absence
4.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-06-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)48%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.1%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 2.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 180
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill101%
213 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- Boys / girls
- 119 / 94
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 213 / 210 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 6.6%
- FSM pupils
- 14
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Nicholls
Location
- Address
- Brownside Road, Worsthorne
- Postcode
- BB10 3LR
- Town
- Burnley
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Burnley
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Burnley, Lancashire, 213 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 6.6%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Academy converter · Primary
Burnley · BB10 4BH · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- Absence7.0%
- FSM46.7%
1.5 miles away
Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary aided school · Primary
Burnley · BB11 3EJ · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS242%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM38.0%
1.6 miles away
Heasandford Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Burnley · BB10 3DA · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM33.2%
1.7 miles away
St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Burnley · BB10 2NH · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM28.0%
1.7 miles away
Burnley Springfield Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Burnley · BB11 3HP · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS233%
- Absence7.4%
- FSM57.6%
1.8 miles away
Briercliffe Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Burnley · BB10 2JU · Lancashire
Ages 5–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM19.1%
1.8 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Burnley · BB11 2DL · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
- KS238%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM44.8%
1.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Nicholls
- Telephone
- 01282425690