Briercliffe Primary School

State-Funded School

briercliffe-primary-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

BurnleyConstituency

BB10 2JUPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Briercliffe Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 388 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 3 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 51%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

388

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

19%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 388
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Jul 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
31 May 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.