All Saints' Roman Catholic High SchoolBacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Rossendale.

Summary of the comparison

All Saints' Roman Catholic High School and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School are secondary schools in Rossendale.

  • All Saints' Roman Catholic High School scores 35 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average). Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is ahead on our composite score.

  • All Saints' Roman Catholic High School was judged Requires improvement and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School was judged Inadequate.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 35.3 for All Saints' Roman Catholic High School and 73.3 for Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at All Saints' Roman Catholic High School (38.7 in 2021-22, 35.3 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

All Saints' Roman Catholic High School versus Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RossendaleAll Saints' Roman Catholic High SchoolRossendaleBacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF35/100C58/100Stronger figure
Local ranking71st of 80 in Lancashire 35th of 80 in Lancashire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementStronger figureOfsted: Inadequate
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll498 1,056
Capacity500 1,260
LocationRossendale, BB4 6SJ Rossendale, BB4 7BJ
GCSE results
Attainment 835.3 73.3 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths18.8% 96.6% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths42.7% 100.0% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc20.8% 96.0% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score2.90 7.15 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort96 175
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported94
A-level average pointsNot reported39.5 35.0
A-level average gradeNot reportedB
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported39.8 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported31.2% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census498 1,056
Free school meals (ever 6)34.3% 7.9%
English as an additional language5.2% 7.3%
SEN support12.1% 7.9%
SEN with an EHC plan3.6% 0.8%
Attendance
Overall absence11.7% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence31.5% 7.1% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

All Saints' Roman Catholic High School

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

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