Rishworth School
Other independent school · Mixed · Calderdale
Oldham Road, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4QA
45
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
361
Capacity used
Has space72%
500 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 10–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Timothy Bayley
- Address
- Oldham Road, Rishworth, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 4QA
- Phone
- 01422822217
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Ward / constituency
- Ryburn · Calder Valley
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 107583
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
361 pupils · 500 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 31.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.79 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.99 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 26.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.41 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 61 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.77 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 22 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 47 | 6% | 47% | 81% | |
| Geography | 28 | 21% | 89% | 89% | |
| Business | 23 | 4% | 65% | 83% | |
| History | 19 | 16% | 63% | 84% | |
| Physical Education | 19 | 37% | 84% | 89% | |
| Social Studies | 14 | 57% | 71% | 86% | |
| Biology | 11 | 36% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 11 | 55% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 11 | 45% | 100% | 100% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 11 | 64% | 82% | 91% | |
| Music | 9 | 22% | 33% | 67% | |
| Art and Design | 9 | 67% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Music | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 13436: Rishworth School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.