Thomas Whitham Sixth Form

Coordinates: 53°48′20″N 2°14′25″W / 53.8056°N 2.2403°W / 53.8056; -2.2403

Thomas Whitham Sixth Form

Established	2006
Type	Sixth Form Centre
Headteacher	Mrs Z Emmett
Chair of Governors	Mr T Litherland
Location	Barden Lane Burnley Lancashire BB10 1JB England
Local authority	Lancashire County Council
DfE URN	135000 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	600
Gender	mixed
Ages	16–19
Website	Official website

Thomas Whitham Sixth Form is a mixed 16 to 20 sixth form centre in Burnley, Lancashire.

History

The sixth form opened in September 2006, as part of the first wave of a nationwide 10 to 15 year programme of capital investment funded by the Department for Education and Skills called Building Schools for the Future..

For the first two years of its existence, under the temporary name of Burnley Schools' Sixth Form, it occupied the site of the former Barden High School, before moving into new premises in September 2008, on an adjacent site. It is named after Thomas Whitham VC who served during World War I. It was judged "good with outstanding features" in an inspection by Ofsted in 2011.