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Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

Burnley, BB10 3AA · Lancashire · secondary school

Ofsted report card · 2026 Lowest area: Needs attention Mixed Secondary Roman Catholic
1.5/10 Well below average

71st of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire we can score, 82 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 2.1/10 against 644 of them, against 1.7/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 10 35% 0.34
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 27.3 · 12 30% 0.37
Progress 8 2023/24 -0.32 · 26 25% 0.64
Attainment 8 2024/25 37.6 · 12 10% 0.12

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 27.3% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 37.6, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.32 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (2.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.7 out of 10 against all schools). Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in March 2026.

Getting in. The school has 1273 pupils in a capacity of 1280, leaving 7 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school plan to improve attainment scores relative to the national median? What specific actions are being taken following the recent "Requires improvement" inspection? How does the admissions process work when only 7 places remain?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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