Tor View School

State-Funded School

tor-view-school-lancashire-north-west

North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

HyndburnConstituency

BB4 6LRPostcode

7.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Tor View School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 281 pupils. Tor View School is part of THE SEA VIEW TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 1.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 3.1%
EBacc average point score: 0.18

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

15%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

281

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 281
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THE SEA VIEW TRUST

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025. 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
27 Dec 2013	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.