UK Schools
Burscough Priory Academy
Burscough Priory Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Ormskirk, Lancashire County Council, teaching 729 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in November 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Burscough Priory Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Burscough Priory Academy.
- 1–2 INSET Days
- 3 School opens to all students
- 24 INSET Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 School reopens to all students
- 19 End of Autumn Term (12:30 PM)
- 5 INSET Day
- 6 School opens to all students
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 School reopens to all students
- 27 End of Spring Term (12:30 PM)
- 13 Start of Summer Term
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 17 End of Term for Students (12:30 PM)
- 20 INSET Day
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- School opens to all students Sep 3, 2025 Event
- INSET Day Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School reopens to all students Nov 3, 2025 Event
- End of Autumn Term (12:30 PM) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- INSET Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School opens to all students Jan 6, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens to all students Feb 23, 2026 Event
- End of Spring Term (12:30 PM) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Start of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Term for Students (12:30 PM) Jul 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Burscough Priory Academy with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 20.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Burscough Priory Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Burscough Priory Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.