Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

📍 Glen Road, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ

About this school

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Rossendale. The school has 1,056 pupils enrolled. It was rated Inadequate by Ofsted in 14 June 2022. The Headteacher is James Johnstone. The school is administered by Lancashire local authority. It belongs to STAR ACADEMIES. It opened in 1 September 2023.

School details

Head

James Johnstone

Trust

STAR ACADEMIES

Local authority

Lancashire

Gender

Mixed

URN

150261

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School are handled by the school or the local authority (Lancashire). 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.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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