Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B82
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Clitheroe, BB7 2DJ
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Ribblesdale School
Queens Road, Clitheroe, BB7 1EJ
Local ranking41st of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1635
Capacity
4-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 1 July 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 277
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1410
- Boys
- 708 (49%)
- Girls
- 729 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1635 (88% full)
- SEND
- 11.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.4%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,413/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.9%
- White Other: 4.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
86.9%
White British
4.4%
White Other
3.2%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Queens Road
Clitheroe, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 119716
- UKPRN
- 10017375
- Establishment No.
- 4013
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