Shuttleworth College is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Burnley, Lancashire County Council, teaching 1,072 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in March 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 5 January 2026 to 13 April 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Shuttleworth College.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3 · Inspected 11 Mar 2025 · Published 19 Jun 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Shuttleworth College.

Shuttleworth College term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2 College Re-opens to Students
  • 26 Inset Day
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 28 Inset Day
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 19 College Closes for Christmas
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 College Re-opens - Spring Term Begins
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 College Closes for Easter
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 College Re-opens - Summer Term Begins
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 May Bank Holiday
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 17 College Closes for Summer
  • 20 Inset Day
  • 20–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • College Re-opens to Students Sep 2, 2025 Event
  • Inset Day Sep 26, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Dec 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • College Closes for Christmas Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
  • College Re-opens - Spring Term Begins Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • College Closes for Easter Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
  • College Re-opens - Summer Term Begins Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • College Closes for Summer Jul 17, 2026 Event
  • Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
39.5 Attainment 8 England 46.1
39.2% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
34.8% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Shuttleworth College with Lancashire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.5 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Lancashire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 39.5
Lancashire County Council 45.1 England 46.1 -6.6 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 39.2%
Lancashire County Council 43.5% England 45.4% -6.2 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 30.1
Lancashire County Council 32.7 England 34.9 -4.8 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 15.3
Lancashire County Council 16.6 England 15.5 in line with England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 38.7%
Lancashire County Council 25.6% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 212
Attendance 34.8% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Lancashire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 34.8%
Lancashire County Council 17.1% England 17.8% +17 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 12.2%
Lancashire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% +5.4 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 76% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Lancashire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 76%
Lancashire County Council 90% England 92% -16 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 65%
Lancashire County Council 79% England 83% -18 vs 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 Shuttleworth College. 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Shuttleworth College 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.