Burnley Springfield Community Primary School, Burnley

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at Burnley Springfield Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 63% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (61% in reading, 61% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Burnley Springfield Community Primary School as their first choice and 55 named it as one of their preferences, for 23 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Burnley Springfield Community Primary School are Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 63% reading, 43% maths); Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 70% maths); St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles, 57% reading, 57% maths); and Burnley Brunshaw Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 54% reading, 25% maths).

Burnley Springfield Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

14 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Burnley Springfield Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 93% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that the school has high expectations for their child (86%).

57.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 50 pupils (24.6%) received SEN support and 14 (6.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Burnley Manchester Road Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Parliament Street (by), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Burnley Springfield Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 577 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Burnley Springfield Community Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Burnley Springfield Community Primary School are Unity College (0.5 miles); and Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles).