Rivington and Blackrod High School

Rivington Lane, Horwich, Chorley, Lancashire, BL6 7RU

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About this school

Rivington and Blackrod High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Chorley, Lancashire. The school has 1,584 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 14 June 2023). Last inspected 14 June 2023. The Headteacher is Victoria Walmsley. The school is administered by Bolton local authority. It belongs to LEVERHULME ACADEMY CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND COMMUNITY TRUST. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 March 2017.

School details

Headteacher

Victoria Walmsley

Trust

LEVERHULME ACADEMY CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND COMMUNITY TRUST

Local authority

Bolton

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

URN

143773

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Rivington and Blackrod High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Bolton). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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