Compass Community School Lancashire
Compass Community School Lancashire is an independent special school in Burnley for boys and girls aged 11 to 17. It has 4 pupils and room for 6.
Bend Hill Farm, Granville Street, Briercliffe, Burnley, BB10 2RA0751 937 9928compass-schools.orgMr Michael Rayner headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
3 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Birch School | Independent | 510 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Briercliffe Primary School | Council | 840 m | 388 | Report card 2026 | 21 | Compare |
| St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 940 m | 279 | Report card 2026 | 27 | Compare |
| Sir John Thursby Community College | Foundation | 0.6 miles | 1,121 | Good 2023 | 30 | Compare |
| Ridgewood Community High School | Council | 0.7 miles | 192 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Basnett Street Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 1.0 miles | 96 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 212 | Good 2024 | 44 | Compare |
| Casterton Primary Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 291 | Good 2022 | 74 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Compass Community School Lancashire a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Compass Community School Lancashire yet.
How many pupils does Compass Community School Lancashire have?
4 pupils aged 11 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 6 places, so it is 67% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bend Hill Farm, Granville Street, Briercliffe, Burnley, BB10 2RA
- Telephone
- 0751 937 9928
- Website
- www.compass-schools.org
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Rayner
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Briercliffe
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 15 March 2021 (new provision)
- URN
- 148397 · LAESTAB 8886126
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.