Best Primary Schools in Burnley

We checked all 35 primary schools in Burnley, Lancashire, and list every one: 33 ranked, then 2 without a rank.

Schools checked
35
Ranked
33
Without a rank
2

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Burnley. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Burnley also has 9 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Lancashire. Lancashire also has rankings for Preston, Chorley, Lancaster, Accrington, Ormskirk and all of Lancashire.

Ranked primary schools in Burnley

  1. 1

    Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 406 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    79%
    Higher standard
    7%

  2. 2

    Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 138 pupils, inspected October 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    27%

  3. 3

    St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 191 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    14%

  4. 4

    Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School

    Academy, 207 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    10%

  5. 5

    Read St John's CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 201 pupils, inspected September 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    10%

  6. 6

    Casterton Primary Academy

    Academy, 291 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    12%

  7. 7

    Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 53 pupils, inspected January 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    0%

  8. 8

    Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School

    Local authority maintained, 208 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    10%

  9. 9

    St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham

    Local authority maintained, 233 pupils, inspected April 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    3%

  10. 10

    Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 208 pupils, inspected July 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%

  11. 11

    Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 116 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    11%

  12. 12

    Barden Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 474 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    6%

  13. 13

    St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger

    Local authority maintained, 201 pupils, inspected March 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    11%

  14. 14

    St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 212 pupils, inspected March 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    7%

  15. 15

    Reedley Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 408 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    4%

  16. 16

    Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 206 pupils, inspected February 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    14%

  17. 17

    Heasandford Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 630 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    4%

  18. 18

    Briercliffe Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 388 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    0%

  19. 19

    Rosewood Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 400 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    6%

  20. 20

    St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 203 pupils, inspected January 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    7%

  21. 21

    Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 210 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    3%

  22. 22

    Burnley Springfield Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 203 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    10%

  23. 23

    Worsthorne Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 213 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    3%

  24. 24

    Whittlefield Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 188 pupils, inspected February 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    0%

  25. 25

    Burnley Ightenhill Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 349 pupils, inspected December 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    7%

  26. 26

    Padiham Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 286 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    3%

  27. 27

    St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 279 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  28. 28

    Higham St John's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 120 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Urgent improvement to expected standard
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    6%

  29. 29

    Burnley Brunshaw Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 414 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    23%
    Higher standard
    0%

  30. 30

    Cherry Fold Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 366 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    0%

  31. 31

    Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 200 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    3%

  32. 32

    St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 197 pupils, inspected July 2019

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%

  33. 33

    Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 204 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Burnley without a rank

  • Rawdhatul Uloom

    Independent, 109 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard

  • Rosegrove Infant School

    Local authority maintained, 133 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good