All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6SJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Francesca Lord
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Sponsor
- Romero Catholic Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 500
- Pupils on roll
- 504
- URN
- 147565
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706213693
About this school
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary academy in Rossendale. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 504 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 92 | 91 | 96 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.7 | 38.1 | 35.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.81 -1.11 to -0.51 | -0.78 -1.07 to -0.48 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 30.8% | 18.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 51.6% | 42.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% | 34.1% | 20.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
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 All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy 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 | 38.7 | 38.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.1 | 37.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.3 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 489 |
| 2023/24 | 492 |
| 2024/25 | 498 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy compares
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy ranked 79th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.3 | 11.7% | 34.3% | 504 | — |
| Haslingden High School and Sixth Form | 44.2 | 7.9% | 22.4% | 1,540 | 0.8 miles |
| Alder Grange School | 37 | 7.5% | 24.3% | 899 | 1.2 miles |
| Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School | 73.3 | 4.6% | 7.9% | 1,087 | 2.4 miles |
| The Valley Leadership Academy | 32.6 | 15.4% | 46.9% | 578 | 2.8 miles |
| The Hollins | 40.7 | 7.8% | 33.8% | 794 | 3.4 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.
Inspection history
- 30 April 2024
-
Ungraded inspection report8 December 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.34%
- English as an additional language
- 5.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.72%
- Persistent absence
- 31.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Haslingden High School and Sixth Form0.8 miles
Secondary · Rossendale
-
Alder Grange School1.2 miles
Secondary · Rossendale
-
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School2.4 miles
Secondary · Rossendale
-
The Valley Leadership Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · Bacup
-
The Hollins3.4 miles
Secondary · Accrington
Other schools in Rossendale
- Alder Grange School 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
- St Anne's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy teach?
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Rossendale.
- Who is the headteacher of All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy?
- The headteacher of All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is Mrs Francesca Lord, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy?
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy has 504 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy full?
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy has capacity for 500 pupils and 504 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy a faith school?
- Yes. All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Is All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy a selective school?
- No. All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy part of an academy trust?
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy is part of ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.7 in 2022/23 and 35.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy ranked 79th of 81 secondary schools in Lancashire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy's absence rate?
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy's overall absence rate is 11.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy'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 10 July 2026.