Belmont School
Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6RX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Head of School
- Mr Devin Cassidy
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 148
- Pupils on roll
- 139
- URN
- 131025
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706221043
About this school
Belmont School is an independent special school in Rossendale. It teaches children aged 5 to 18 and has 139 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Belmont School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Belmont School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1996, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 10 | 12 | 27 |
| Attainment 8 score | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Belmont School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 4.3 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 3.7 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 127 |
| 2023/24 | 147 |
| 2024/25 | 143 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 139
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School0.2 miles
Special schools · Rossendale
-
Maple House School0.7 miles
Special schools · Manchester
-
Tor View School0.8 miles
Academies · Rossendale
-
Valley College0.8 miles
Other types · Rossendale
-
Rossendale School3.4 miles
Special schools · Bury
Other schools in Rossendale
- Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School Special schools
- Tor View School Academies
- Valley College Other types
- Woodlands Special schools
- Hillside Nursery School Nursery
- Staghills Nursery School Nursery
- Crawshawbooth Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Broadway Primary School Primary
- Haslingden Primary School Primary
- Helmshore Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School Primary
- Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Belmont School teach?
- Belmont School teaches children aged 5 to 18. It is a special school in Rossendale.
- Who is the head of school of Belmont School?
- The head of school of Belmont School is Mr Devin Cassidy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Belmont School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Belmont School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Belmont School?
- Belmont School has 139 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 18.
- Is Belmont School full?
- Belmont School has capacity for 148 pupils and 139 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Belmont School a faith school?
- No. Belmont School has no designated religious character.
- How have Belmont School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 4.3 in 2022/23 and 3.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Belmont School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Belmont School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.