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Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 958Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 137296URN

Highfield Road, Croston, Leyland, PR26 9HH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.5 below Lancashire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective

375 applications for 179 places · 64th of 81 in Lancashire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.2of 90
8th of 81 in Lancashire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 1 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 16 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Lancashire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

375 applications · 179 places offered · 190 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  11. 2016 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.6; Lancashire median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Lancashire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261793752.11901.06
Sep 20251824362.42201.21
Sep 20241884322.32151.14
Sep 20231904332.32201.16
Sep 20221884152.21981.05
Sep 20211873972.11971.05
Sep 20201904482.42181.15
Sep 20191894522.42341.24
Sep 20181904552.42071.09
Sep 20171774612.62191.24
Sep 20161804262.41951.08
Sep 20151804612.62261.26
Sep 20141794092.31931.08

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

187 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.28th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths63%10th of 81 in Lancashire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%
  • This school
  • Lancashire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.53
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18756.263%82%–
2024/2519259.372%88%–
2023/2419558.275%91%+0.53
2022/2318757.564%86%+0.57

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137296 · 888/4626
Trust
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
930 pupils · 958 on roll
Free school meals
8.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
17 August 2011
Replaced
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Language College (URN 119787)
Address
Highfield Road, Croston, Leyland, PR26 9HH
Local authority
Lancashire · Chorley

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources