Ribblesdale School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Clitheroe, BB7 1EJ
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
York Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2DJ
Local ranking2nd of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1613
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 November 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 70.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 98.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 100.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 147
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 97.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
38.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
321
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.0% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 665
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1475
- Boys
- 786 (53%)
- Girls
- 710 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1613 (93% full)
- SEND
- 5.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.8%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.4%
- SEN Support
- 5.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,085/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
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 62.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 20.9%
- Asian Indian: 5.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
62.6%
White British
20.9%
Asian Pakistani
5.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136390
- UKPRN
- 10032360
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- CLITHEROE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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