Academy@Worden
Academy converter · 660 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Foundation school
Unity College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,402of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 34.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 276
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 20 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Burnley Ivy Bank High Business and Enterprise College (URN 119712); Burnley Towneley High School (URN 119727); Padiham Gawthorpe High School (URN 119756); Burnley Habergham High School (URN 119776).
What the data says
Unity College has no sixth form. Of the 228 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Unity College | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 228 | 13,296 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 82% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 48% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Unity College | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.3 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.8 | 32.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.8 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 272 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 272 | 99% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 60% |
| English Literature | 259 | 94% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 197 | 71% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 46% |
| Geography | 164 | 59% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 59% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 94 | 34% | 8% | 27% | 21% | 73% |
| Business Studies | 92 | 33% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 65% |
| History | 86 | 31% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 65% |
| Physics | 68 | 25% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 79% |
| Chemistry | 68 | 25% | 23% | 24% | 47% | 82% |
| Biology | 68 | 25% | 23% | 24% | 45% | 85% |
| Fine Art | 48 | 17% | 9% | 10% | 28% | 54% |
| Design and Technology | 47 | 17% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 57% |
| Photography | 37 | 13% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 38% |
| German | 35 | 13% | 5% | 11% | 33% | 69% |
| French | 30 | 11% | 18% | 30% | 29% | 80% |
| Textiles | 27 | 10% | 2% | 4% | 27% | 59% |
| Spanish | 26 | 9% | 19% | 4% | 27% | 50% |
| Music | 20 | 7% | 5% | 5% | 33% | 45% |
| Drama | 17 | 6% | 7% | 12% | 27% | 82% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 6% | 13% | 35% | 30% | 82% |
| Citizenship Studies | 12 | 4% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 0% |
| Art and Design | 2 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 71 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 32 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 22 | — | — |
Where Unity College is
Other secondary schools in Lancashire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Lancashire’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Lancashire
Accrington Academy
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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
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85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.7
Albany Academy
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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Alder Grange School
Community school · sixth form · 899 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0
All Hallows Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · 911 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.