Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School, Burnley

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 74% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 65 families put Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School as their first choice and 129 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School are Barden Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 74% maths); Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School (0.7 miles, Good, 73% reading, 87% maths); St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 79% reading, 86% maths); and Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 73% reading, 70% maths).

Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

10 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 80% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (90%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

39.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 98% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 44 pupils (10.8%) received SEN support and 12 (3%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School had 16 teachers in 2026, one for every 26 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Burnley Central Rail Station, about 740 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oswald Street (by), 330 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Burnley Stoneyholme 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 560 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.

Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School are Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (0.9 miles); Sir John Thursby Community College (1.2 miles); and Unity College (1.6 miles).