Secondary
Shuttleworth College
Burnley Road, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8ST
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1072 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.2
- Local authority
- Lancashire
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 126.4
- Pupils per adult
- 8.6
- Pupils
- 1,089
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
June 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
39%
7 points above the Burnley average (32% across 5 schools)
39.5
0.1 above the Burnley average (39.4 across 5 schools)
1st of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Burnley we can score - 11 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 |
| Entered the EBacc | 39% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.52 |
| 22/23 | -0.46 |
| 23/24 | -0.25 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.5 |
| 22/23 | 37.9 |
| 23/24 | 38.9 |
| 24/25 | 39.5 |
Burnley Road, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8ST
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Ruth England
- Address
- Burnley Road, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8ST
- Telephone
- 01282682300