Secondary school

Burscough Priory Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Lancashire
  • L40 7RZ
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,121 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 35%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 40%40%2016/17: top 39%2017/18: top 68%2018/19: top 31%31% · 2018/192021/22: top 41%2022/23: top 32%2023/24: top 43%2024/25: top 35%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 848.8 · North West 44.48/10 Above
Grade 5+ English and maths51.9% · North West 40%8/10 Above
EBacc point score4.4 · North West 3.88/10 Above+7.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.23 · North West −0.168/10 Above+27.4 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51.6 · 150 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 48 · 139 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 42.7 · 120 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 49.8 · 125 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 50.1 · 138 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 49.5 · 132 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 47.2 · 134 pupils · North West 442024/25: 48.8 · 129 pupils · North West 44.451.642.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 47% · 139 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 43% · 120 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 52% · 125 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 56% · 138 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 52% · 132 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 50.7% · 134 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 51.9% · 129 pupils · North West 40%56%43%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
108 of 108 who put it first2014 · 99.2%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st108108
2nd10610
3rd1325

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2022Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026729
Free school meals (past 6 years)16.1%
First language not English2.0%
SEN support8.8%
EHC plan1.7%
Absence (sessions missed)7.8%
Persistently absent pupils20.4%

Girls 51.9%Boys 48.1%

94.7% full · 770 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.8
Pupils per adult13.1
  • Classroom teachers 36.2
  • Leadership 4.8
  • Teaching assistants 5.2
  • Other support 14.1

Teachers 41 FTE · Whole workforce 60.3 · 68 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,277
Spend per pupil£6,378
Staff spend per pupil£5,409
Reserve per pupil£3,181
  • +£2,265,000revenue reserve
  • +£640,000in-year balance

Grants £6,907 · self-generated £369 · premises £205 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ENDEAVOUR LEARNING TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £1,827,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

134 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95.5%
  • Education91%
  • Apprenticeship3%
  • Employment1.5%
  • Not sustained3%
  • Unknown1.5%