Burscough Priory Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
146282
Address
Trevor Road, Burscough, L40 7RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
707 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
2%
Free school meals (FSM)
15%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.5%
Mixed 2.2%
Other White 1.7%
Indian 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.8
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.4
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE128
English LiteratureGCSE126
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE40
GeographyGCSE84
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Burscough Priory Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
153
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
128
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
128
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
76
75
Year 8
152
67
85
Year 9
153
83
70
Year 10
123
58
65
Year 11
128
56
72
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
64.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
23.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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