Olive High Boys
Olive High Boys is an independent school in Burnley for boys aged 11 to 16. It has 114 pupils and room for 350.
Ormerod Road (Entrance Via Shorey Bank), Burnley, BB11 2RU01282 940327olivehighboys.co.ukMrs Mahwish Hanif headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 114 | 74 | 41 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive High | Independent | 90 m | 214 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 270 m | 210 | Good 2023 | 38 | Compare |
| St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 660 m | 197 | Not inspected | 5 | Compare |
| Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | Academy | 670 m | 1,261 | Report card 2026 | 12 | Compare |
| Burnley College | Further education | 690 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Stoneyholme Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 790 m | 82 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| The Heights Burnley | Free schools alternative provision | 810 m | 0 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Rawdhatul Uloom | Independent | 810 m | 109 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Olive High Boys a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Olive High Boys yet.
How many pupils does Olive High Boys have?
114 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 350 places, so it is 33% full. It is a boys' school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Ormerod Road (Entrance Via Shorey Bank), Burnley, BB11 2RU
- Telephone
- 01282 940327
- Website
- olivehighboys.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Mahwish Hanif
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Boys
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Bank Hall
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 11 September 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149835 · LAESTAB 8886130
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.
- 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.