Haslingden High School and Sixth FormBacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

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

Summary of the comparison

Haslingden High School and Sixth Form and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School are secondary schools in Rossendale.

  • Haslingden High School and Sixth Form scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.

  • Haslingden High School and Sixth Form was judged the expected standard and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School was judged Inadequate.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 44.2 for Haslingden High School and Sixth Form and 73.3 for Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Haslingden High School and Sixth Form (47.2 in 2021-22, 44.2 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Haslingden High School and Sixth Form versus Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RossendaleHaslingden High School and Sixth FormRossendaleBacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100C58/100
Local ranking36th of 80 in Lancashire 35th of 80 in Lancashire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedStronger figureOfsted: Inadequate
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,552 1,056
Capacity1,498 1,260
LocationRossendale, BB4 4EY Rossendale, BB4 7BJ
GCSE results
Attainment 844.2 73.3 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths41.9% 96.6% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths63.8% 100.0% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc15.8% 96.0% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.73 7.15 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort265 175
A-level results
A-level entries87 94
A-level average points32.3 39.5 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC+ B
Best 3 A-levels points34.4 39.8 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects13.7% 31.2% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,552 1,056
Free school meals (ever 6)22.4% 7.9%
English as an additional language4.0% 7.3%
SEN support11.1% 7.9%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 0.8%
Attendance
Overall absence7.9% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence24.8% 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

A-level average points

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.

Haslingden High School and Sixth Form

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

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