Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in LancashireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Exceptional | ||||
| Achievement | Exceptional | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Exceptional | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 7 Exceptional
- 14 June 2022Graded inspection: Inadequate · as Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, URN 138835
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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 entry385 applications · 181 places offered · 219 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.7
- 2024 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
- 2023 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.8; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Lancashire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Lancashire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Lancashire median
Dashed bars: as Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (URN 138835), Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (URN 119809), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 181 | 385 | 2.1 | 219 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 | 171 | 400 | 2.3 | 210 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 147 | 303 | 2.1 | 175 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 * | 172 | 328 | 1.9 | 184 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 177 | 323 | 1.8 | 209 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2021 * | 178 | 490 | 2.8 | 335 | 1.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 179 | 342 | 1.9 | 232 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2019 * | 180 | 385 | 2.1 | 239 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 * | 179 | 405 | 2.3 | 259 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2017 * | 175 | 334 | 1.9 | 218 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2016 * | 166 | 347 | 2.1 | 226 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2015 * | 173 | 252 | 1.5 | 223 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2014 * | 198 | 325 | 1.6 | 253 | 1.28 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 163 | 75.5 | 99% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 175 | 73.3 | 97% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 174 | 72.0 | 97% | 99% | +0.36 |
| 2022/23 | – |
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
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures 20262.1applications per place 75.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.6 km · Lancashire20261.0applications per place 34.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Lancashire20263.4applications per place 39.1Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · LancashireRequires improvement20244.6applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · Lancashire20262.5applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · LancashireRemains Good20232.3applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · BuryGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · LancashireStandards maintained20243.3applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · RochdaleRemains Good · concerns noted20232.2applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 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
- 150261 · 888/4032
- Trust
- Star Academies
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 1,087 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (URN 138835); Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (URN 119809)
- Address
- Glen Road, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ
- Local authority
- Lancashire · Rossendale
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources