Coal Clough Academy

State-Funded School

coal-clough-academy-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

BurnleyConstituency

BB11 4PFPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Coal Clough Academy is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 11–16, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 142 pupils. Coal Clough Academy is part of Education Partnership Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

142

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

68%

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: PRU
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 142
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Education Partnership Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 26 January 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
18 Jul 2018	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.