Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Glen Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr James Johnstone
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,260
- Pupils on roll
- 1,245
- URN
- 138835
- Local authority
- Lancashire
About this school
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School was a secondary academy in Rossendale. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,245 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in October 2012, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 179 |
| Attainment 8 score | 71.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.44 +0.23 to +0.65 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 96% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 7.0 |
How Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 8.2% | 1,245 | — |
| Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School | 73.3 | 4.6% | 7.9% | 1,087 | 0.0 miles |
| The Valley Leadership Academy | 32.6 | 15.4% | 46.9% | 578 | 0.4 miles |
| Alder Grange School | 37 | 7.5% | 24.3% | 899 | 1.8 miles |
| All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy | 35.3 | 11.7% | 34.3% | 504 | 2.4 miles |
| Haslingden High School and Sixth Form | 44.2 | 7.9% | 22.4% | 1,540 | 3.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.2%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.9%
- Persistent absence
- 11.8%
Location
Nearby schools
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Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School0.0 miles
Secondary · Rossendale
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The Valley Leadership Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Bacup
-
Alder Grange School1.8 miles
Secondary · Rossendale
-
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Rossendale
-
Haslingden High School and Sixth Form3.0 miles
Secondary · Rossendale
Other schools in Rossendale
- Alder Grange School Secondary
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Secondary
- Haslingden High School and Sixth Form Secondary
- 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 ages does Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School teach?
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Rossendale.
- Has Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar 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 many pupils are at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School?
- Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School had 1,245 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- What are Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar 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 13 September 2023.