Whittlefield Primary School

About Whittlefield Primary School

Whittlefield Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained consistently across its two most recent inspections, the last of which was an ungraded visit in 2022 that confirmed the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric, however, comes from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results. Just 10% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, a figure that places the school at the very bottom of the Burnley local authority rankings — 28th out of 28 primary schools. This is a stark contrast to the Lancashire local authority average of 60% achieving that combined benchmark. The individual subject scores tell a similar story: 35% reached the expected standard in reading, 39% in maths, and 39% in writing, with no pupils at all reaching the higher standard in any of the three subjects. The average scaled scores of 98 in reading and 97 in maths sit just below the national baseline of 100.

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