Schools in Clitheroe

About schools in Clitheroe

Clitheroe lists 23 schools, most of them primary schools. Its three secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

66%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 12 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

50.6

average Attainment 8 score, across the 4 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Ribblesdale Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools16

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Barrow URC Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

• Chatburn Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Clitheroe Brookside Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Clitheroe Pendle Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Edisford Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• Gisburn Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  94%

  expected standard
• Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  14%

  expected standard
• Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

• St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  51%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

• Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Whalley Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  81%

  expected standard

Secondary schools3

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Bowland High

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  47.8

  Attainment 8
• Clitheroe Royal Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  74.4

  Attainment 8
• St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  44.9

  Attainment 8

All-through schools1

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Ribblesdale School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 16

  43.5

  Attainment 8

Independent schools2

• Moorland School Limited

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 11

• Oakhill School

  Other independent school · Ages 0 to 16

Common questions about schools in Clitheroe

How many schools does Clitheroe have?

OfferDay lists 23 schools in Clitheroe, including 16 primary schools and three secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Clitheroe?

Every school in Clitheroe is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Clitheroe ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Clitheroe where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.