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Barden High School

Sir John Thursby Community College
Sir John Thursby School, Burnley (geograph 1883276).jpg
Established 2006
Type Foundation school
Headteacher Mr David Burton
Chair of Governors Mr Neil Tranmer
Location Eastern Avenue
Burnley
Lancashire
BB10 2AT
England England
Local authority Lancashire
DfE URN 134996 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 974
Gender mixed
Ages 11–16
Colours Black & Silver         
Website Official website

Coordinates: 53°48′13″N 2°13′04″W / 53.8035°N 2.2179°W / 53.8035; -2.2179

Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is named for Sir John Hardy Thursby (1826-1901), a local benefactor. It shares its site with Ridgewood Community High, a special school with places for 90 students.

The school opened in September 2006 as part of ambitious plan to replace all of the district’s 11-16 schools, funded by a government public–private partnership programme called Building Schools for the Future. It was formed from the merger of the former Barden High School and Walshaw High School, and occupies the former Walshaw site. Elaine Dawson, who had been the head of Walshaw since 2004, became the new school's first head teacher.

Barden High School was a boys comprehensive school with only approximately 350 pupils in 2002.

Walshaw High School was a girls high school with about 800 pupils and has been described as "a successful and flourishing school".

The School originally operated from the former Walshaw building, however in 2009 the schools moved a new £33M complex on the same site, with the former Walshaw building subsequently being demolished and new playing fields made in its place. In January 2011, David Burton, a participant of the Future Leaders programme then just 34, replaced Elaine Dawson who took early retirement, as head teacher.


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