Moorlands View School, Burnley
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Moorlands View School excels at supporting pupils with complex needs and those who have missed significant education. Staff build strong, trusting relationships that help pupils feel happy and safe, while the carefully designed curriculum helps them catch up and gain real qualifications like GCSEs and BTEC Diplomas. The school's personalised approach to behaviour and attendance has proven highly effective at re-engaging pupils who previously had poor school attendance.
Key Strengths
- Excellent safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and concerns are actively managed
- Strong attendance and behaviour support systems that help pupils with complex emotional needs engage purposefully in learning
- Effective identification and catch-up of gaps in phonics and core knowledge for pupils joining with educational gaps
- Well-designed ambitious curriculum with effective teaching across key stages 2-4
- Strong pastoral support and positive relationships with staff that help pupils settle and thrive
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent monitoring and addressing of gaps in pupils' writing knowledge and skills for some pupils
- Variability in depth of pupils' understanding of British values and diverse cultures
- Need for more rigorous and consistent tracking of pupil progress using analysed data
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all legal requirements are fulfilled, resulting in pupils feeling safe.
Extracurricular Activities
History trips to local mills, enrichment afternoons including boxing, music, beautician treatments, school council, kindness ambassador roles, visits to care homes for senior citizens, food technology lessons, police visits on personal safety topics
Moorlands View School is an independent school for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities that achieves the expected standard overall. The school successfully supports pupils who have experienced gaps in their education to make positive progress and become prepared for adulthood.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
79%
Available places
19 pupils
24 capacity
5 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Burnley
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Burnley
Admissions Demand - Lancashire
Places available
14,786
Applications
13,820
Got 1st preference
86.3%
Got preferred school
96.8%
Secondary admissions across Lancashire (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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