UK Schools
Unity College
Unity College is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Burnley, Lancashire County Council, teaching 1,402 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in February 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 40.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 27 October 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Unity College.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Unity College.
- 1 INSET Day (College closed to students)
- 2 College opens
- 27–31 Autumn Mid Term Closure
- 3 College re-opens
- 28 INSET Day (College closed to students)
- 1 INSET Day (College closed to students)
- 19 Closure after college (end of Autumn Term)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 INSET Day (College closed to students)
- 6 College re-opens (Start of Spring Term)
- 16–20 Spring Mid Term Closure
- 23 College re-opens
- 27 Closure after college (end of Spring Term)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 College re-opens (Start of Summer Term)
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Mid Term Closure
- 1 College re-opens
- 17 Closure after college (end of Summer Term)
- 20 INSET Day (College closed to students)
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day (College closed to students) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- College opens Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Autumn Mid Term Closure Oct 27-31, 2025 Term
- College re-opens Nov 3, 2025 Event
- INSET Day (College closed to students) Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day (College closed to students) Dec 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Closure after college (end of Autumn Term) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (College closed to students) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- College re-opens (Start of Spring Term) Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Mid Term Closure Feb 16-20, 2026 Term
- College re-opens Feb 23, 2026 Event
- Closure after college (end of Spring Term) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- College re-opens (Start of Summer Term) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Mid Term Closure May 25-29, 2026 Term
- College re-opens Jun 1, 2026 Event
- Closure after college (end of Summer Term) Jul 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day (College closed to students) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Unity College with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 40.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 35.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 82% 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 Unity 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 only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Unity 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.