Primary
Read St John's CofE Primary School
Straits Lane, READ, Burnley, BB12 7PE
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 201 of 210 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Blackburn
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
73%
105.0
5th of 33 by our score, among the primary schools in Burnley we can score - 35 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 73% |
| Working at a higher standard | 10% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 76% |
| 24/25 | 73% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Straits Lane, READ, Burnley, BB12 7PE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Frances Agar
- Address
- Straits Lane, READ, Burnley, BB12 7PE
- Telephone
- 01282771065
Other primary schools nearby
- Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School7.0/10
- Altham St James Church of England Primary School5.3/10
- Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School4.2/10
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden5.0/10
- Padiham Green Church of England Primary School3.3/10
- St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham6.9/10