Primary schools in Burnley
34 primary schools in Burnley, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Burnley in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 33 schools in Burnley first 1,098 times for 1,114 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Lancashire authority's 472 schools. 8 of the 33 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 6 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.20 miles (Barden Primary School) to 1.10 miles (Casterton Primary Academy).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School
- Barden Primary School
- Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
- Burnley Ightenhill Primary School
- Burnley Springfield Community Primary School
- Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- Casterton Primary Academy
- Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary School
- Heasandford Primary School
- Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary School
- Padiham Primary School
- Read St John's CofE Primary School
- Reedley Primary School
- Rosegrove Infant School
- Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham
- St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School
- Whittlefield Primary School
- Worsthorne Primary School
- Rosewood Primary School
- Briercliffe Primary School
- St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School
- Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School
- Burnley Brunshaw Primary School
- Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School
- Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Cherry Fold Community Primary School
- Higham St John's Church of England Primary School
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
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