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Coal Clough Academy

Alternative provisionAges 11–16Academy

Burnley, BB11 4PF · Lancashire local authority

Burnley’s School Grade D better than 7% of towns in England

How full
142 pupils
93% of its 152 places
Free school meals
68%
68 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Coal Clough Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 68% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, January 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BB11 4) sold for a median £102,250; Burnley’s is £132,500

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

137 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
56.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
6.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
73%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 29%Boys 71%
Its letter

No letter for Coal Clough Academy

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, January 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Coal Clough Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BB11 4, the school’s postcode sector

Burnley property prices →
£102,250
median sale, 316 sales in 36 months · Burnley £132,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£0K£50K£100K£150K2010201520202025BB11 4Burnley
BB11 4Burnley

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£221K
Semi-detached
£170K
Terraced
£82K
Flat
£70K
BB11 4Burnley

Homes in BB11 4 sell for well under Burnley’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−A−D−CC−C−D−A−DDDDDCC−C−B−DCoal Clough Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Burnley, BB11 4PF

Coal Clough Academy: common questions

What is Coal Clough Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (January 2024).

How much do houses cost near Coal Clough Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, BB11 4, sold for a median £102,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (316 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Burnley’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.