Broadfield Specialist School

State-Funded School

broadfield-specialist-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

BurnleyConstituency

BB11 5BTPostcode

6.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Broadfield Specialist School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 267 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.3
EBacc average point score: 0

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

16%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

267

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

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: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 267
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 6 June 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Jan 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.