Coal Clough Academy
Coal Clough Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Burnley for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 142 pupils and room for 152. About 68 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Swindon Street, Burnley, BB11 4PF01282 421142coalclough.orgMrs Holly Clarke headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 26 January 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Lancashire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (54), Moderate learning difficulty (10), Autistic spectrum disorder (9), Hearing impairment (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 142 | 137 | 118 | 100 | 49 | 79 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 68% | 64% | 56% | 49% | 57% | 60% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 3% | 4% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 8% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 57% | 50% | 38% | 47% | 48% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 7% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 9% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 39 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 39%, compared with 55% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 44% | 46% | 53% |
| Education | 36% | 42% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 0% | 8% |
| Work | 5% | 4% | 8% |
| Not in education, work or training | 33% | 39% | 31% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taywood Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 240 m | 73 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 310 m | 206 | Good 2022 | 45 | Compare |
| The Rose School | Council | 530 m | 88 | No overall grade 2024 | – | Compare |
| Cherry Fold Community Primary School | Council | 720 m | 366 | No overall grade 2025 | 3 | Compare |
| Broadfield Specialist School | Council | 790 m | 267 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Lincoln House School | Independent | 890 m | 5 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 940 m | 208 | Not inspected | 64 | Compare |
| Whittlefield Primary School | Council | 970 m | 188 | Good 2022 | 20 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Coal Clough Academy a good school?
Coal Clough Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in January 2024.
What is Coal Clough Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Coal Clough Academy good at its last full inspection on 26 January 2024.
How many pupils does Coal Clough Academy have?
142 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 152 places, so it is 93% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Swindon Street, Burnley, BB11 4PF
- Telephone
- 01282 421142
- Website
- coalclough.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Holly Clarke
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academy alternative provision sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Education Partnership Trust (9 schools)
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Trinity
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2015 (new provision)
- URN
- 142054 · LAESTAB 8881112 · UKPRN 10049604
- Formerly
- Coal Clough High School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.