Shuttleworth College

Foundation school · Secondary school · Burnley, Lancashire
BB12 8ST
Composite score
49.4

Shuttleworth College at a glance

Located in Burnley, Lancashire, Shuttleworth College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 1,079 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 39.5, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 57% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Shuttleworth College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,590
National rank
#338
In North West
#61
In Lancashire
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
57%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.48

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,079 % FSM ever-6 46.4% % EAL 3.5% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

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