Holdsworth School

Special · ages 5-18MixedIndependentBurnley Lancashire

School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.

Holdsworth School is an independent special school in Burnley for boys and girls aged 5 to 18.

Park Hill, Padiham Road, Burnley, BB12 6TGSarah Chadderton headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

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.

Pupils on roll–

Places70

Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m23412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate69 per 1,000 people24% lower than the England average

Typical house price£135,000Burnley

Nearest bus stop80 mAnglesey Avenue, 16 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Burnley High School	Free school	600 m	579	Report card 2026	28	Compare
Rosegrove Nursery School	Local authority nursery school	760 m	91	Outstanding 2019	–	Compare
Burnley Lowerhouse Junior School	Council	780 m	204	Requires improvement 2023	1	Compare
St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	Academy	860 m	203	Good 2024	22	Compare
Shuttleworth College	Foundation	930 m	1,072	No overall grade 2025	22	Compare
Rosegrove Infant School	Council	0.6 miles	133	Good 2024	18	Compare
Ightenhill Nursery School	Local authority nursery school	0.7 miles	72	Outstanding 2024	–	Compare
Burnley Ightenhill Primary School	Council	0.7 miles	349	Good 2023	27	Compare

All schools in Lancashire All schools in Burnley Best primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Holdsworth School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Holdsworth School yet.

How many pupils does Holdsworth School have?

The number of pupils is not published.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address: Park Hill, Padiham Road, Burnley, BB12 6TG
Headteacher: Sarah Chadderton
Type of school: Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase: Special school, ages 5-18
Gender: Mixed
Local authority: Lancashire
Ward: Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Constituency: Burnley
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 20 July 2026 (new provision)
URN: 152515 · LAESTAB 8886143

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

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.
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.