Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Lancashire
Glen Road, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Inadequate
Graded 14/06/2022
Application demand
77%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.4%
7.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,087
Capacity used
Has space86%
1,260 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
77%
1st preference success rate
162 of 210 families who put it first got an offer
171
Places offered
400
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 210 | 162 | ● 77% |
| 2nd preference | 106 | 9 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 78 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 6 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 400 | 171 | 43% |
1st preference success by year
Lancashire lets families list 3 preferences. 147 applications came from outside the council area (94 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- James Johnstone
- Address
- Glen Road, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ
- Phone
- 01706234500
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Ward / constituency
- Hareholme & Waterfoot · Rossendale and Darwen
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150261
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 7% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 3% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
1,087 pupils · 1,260 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
14 June 2022
Full graded inspection
Inadequate overall effectivenessSixth form Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective No Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 872 pupils
Attendance
95.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
7.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.5%
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 | 72.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.36 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 97% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 99% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.06 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.87 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 73.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 96.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 100% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 96% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 175 | — |
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.
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 | 39.55 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 31.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 94 | — |
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 | 175 | 85% | 99% | 100% | |
| English Language | 175 | 70% | 97% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 174 | 55% | 93% | 99% | |
| Biology | 166 | 56% | 96% | 99% | |
| Physics | 166 | 62% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 166 | 59% | 93% | 99% | |
| Religious Studies | 121 | 67% | 97% | 98% | |
| History | 118 | 62% | 90% | 97% | |
| Geography | 117 | 67% | 96% | 99% | |
| Spanish | 101 | 59% | 97% | 99% | |
| German | 79 | 68% | 97% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 51 | 69% | 96% | 96% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 61 | 20% | 52% | 74% | |
| Chemistry | 45 | 16% | 44% | 56% | |
| Biology | 38 | 18% | 39% | 76% | |
| Psychology | 25 | 12% | 32% | 76% | |
| Physics | 23 | 17% | 35% | 70% | |
| Law | 15 | 7% | 20% | 40% | |
| Economics | 13 | 8% | 23% | 46% | |
| Sociology | 12 | 17% | 25% | 42% | |
| English Literature | 9 | 33% | 44% | 78% | |
| History | 8 | 0% | 13% | 75% | |
| Geography | 8 | 25% | 63% | 88% | |
| Computer Science | 8 | 0% | 13% | 38% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11676: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| 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
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: 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.