All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Lancashire
Haslingden Road, Rossendale, BB4 6SJ
54
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 30/04/2024
Application demand
85%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.3%
31.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
504
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
500 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
85%
1st preference success rate
82 of 97 families who put it first got an offer
102
Places offered
457
Total applications
4.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 97 | 82 | ● 85% |
| 2nd preference | 180 | 15 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 179 | 5 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 457 | 102 | 22% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Francesca Lord
- Address
- Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6SJ
- Phone
- 01706213693
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Longholme · Rossendale and Darwen
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147565
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 37% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 22% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
504 pupils · 500 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
30 April 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessPersonal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement - 22
08 December 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 520 pupils
Attendance
88.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
31.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.78 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.12 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 18.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 42.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 20.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 96 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 94 | 6% | 21% | 46% | |
| English Language | 94 | 5% | 33% | 52% | |
| English Literature | 92 | 5% | 40% | 65% | |
| Combined Science | 89 | 6% | 19% | 43% | |
| Religious Studies | 88 | 10% | 26% | 35% | |
| History | 45 | 4% | 22% | 33% | |
| Geography | 42 | 5% | 29% | 43% | |
| Design & Technology | 28 | 0% | 21% | 29% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 25 | 12% | 72% | 92% | |
| Spanish | 24 | 0% | 21% | 50% | |
| Art and Design | 23 | 9% | 43% | 74% | |
| Computer Science | 8 | 13% | 38% | 50% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Lancashire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.