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Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary · Burnley · BB11 4RB

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 26 March 2025

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At a glance

208 pupils · 99% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
15.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.king-pri.lancs.sch.uk/
URN
149124

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 1.41 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.41 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 38 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion not stated
0.3 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers78%
Lancashire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BlaydonBlaydon-on-Tyne · 85 miles awayGood66%
Wardley CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 18 miles awayGood89%
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest HallNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 91 miles awayNo current grade83%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 164 miles awayGood87%
Orrell Holgate AcademyWigan · 25 miles awayNo current grade86%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, HalsteadHalstead · 175 miles awayGood82%
Tockwith Church of England Primary AcademyYork · 41 miles awayGood96%
Beverley Minster CE Primary SchoolBeverley · 74 miles awayRequires improvement55%
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury · 173 miles awayGood74%
St Vigor & St John Church SchoolRadstock · 174 miles awayGood72%
Sandhills Community Primary SchoolOxford · 146 miles awayExpected standard57%
Stella Maris Catholic Primary SchoolFolkestone · 235 miles awayGood61%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Lancashire 74%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Lancashire 3%, England 7%) · Black African 1% (Lancashire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lancashire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lancashire: 2.62 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,700; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,578
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £282,000; in-year balance +£40,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.5%62.3%
Social housing3.3%17.1%
Privately rented12.2%20.5%
Detached houses14.8%22.9%
Flats6.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van13%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024871 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£140,000459 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£94,000–£205,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£293,500
Semi-detached (189)£184,000
Terraced (224)£100,000
Flat (7)£82,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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