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Education in Rossendale

District

The north east of the North West. 73,688 people in 138 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Rossendale, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

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Rossendale had 46 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Number of schools

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46
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Rossendale had 46 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Number of schools: Rossendale among every council350 areas from 1 to 510. The middle area is 68. Rossendale is 46.

Schools

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Schools in Rossendale

Rossendale has 46 open schools: 3 nursery, 31 primary, 6 secondary and 6 special.

Outstanding
2
Good
8
Requires improvement
1
Inadequate
0

11 of the 42 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between November 2022 and July 2024.

9 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

5 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Schools rated Outstanding in Rossendale

2 schools had Outstanding as the overall grade at their latest graded inspection, which is the date given. A later ungraded inspection, shown in the table, may say more.

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden (July 2024), Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School (May 2024).

Nursery (3)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Bacup Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school2 to 566Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
Hillside Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school2 to 438School remains Good, January 2023
Staghills Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school2 to 563Standards maintained, December 2024

Primary (31)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS2 2024/25)
Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school3 to 11221Good (overall), July 202437% met KS2 standard
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 1188School remains Good, July 202464% met KS2 standard
Bacup Thorn Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11253Good (overall), November 202361% met KS2 standard
Britannia Community Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11204Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met66% met KS2 standard
Crawshawbooth Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11296School remains Good, March 202367% met KS2 standard
Edenfield Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11208Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade80% met KS2 standard
Haslingden Broadway Primary SchoolCommunity school5 to 11207Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade48% met KS2 standard
Haslingden Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11372School remains Good, May 202458% met KS2 standard
Haslingden St James Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school3 to 11204School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, April 202452% met KS2 standard
Helmshore Primary SchoolCommunity school5 to 11397Good (overall), January 202488% met KS2 standard
Northern Primary SchoolCommunity school5 to 11161School remains Good, February 202450% met KS2 standard
Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, WhitworthVoluntary aided school4 to 11195Good (overall), March 202472% met KS2 standard
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11170School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, June 202472% met KS2 standard
Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11109Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade32% met KS2 standard
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11112Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade20% met KS2 standard
Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11276School remains Good, January 202344% met KS2 standard
Sharneyford Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 1163Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met30% met KS2 standard
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school3 to 11186School remains Good, May 202371% met KS2 standard
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11161Standards maintained, January 202571% met KS2 standard
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, RawtenstallVoluntary aided school5 to 11211School remains Good, January 202381% met KS2 standard
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11109School remains Good, March 202365% met KS2 standard
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11133Good (overall), November 202271% met KS2 standard
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, BacupVoluntary aided school3 to 11125Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met50% met KS2 standard
St Mary's CofE Primary School RawtenstallVoluntary controlled school4 to 11182Standards maintained, March 202550% met KS2 standard
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led3 to 1194Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met15% met KS2 standard
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, HaslingdenVoluntary aided school4 to 11139Outstanding (overall), July 202471% met KS2 standard
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, NewchurchVoluntary aided school4 to 11152Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade74% met KS2 standard
St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, HelmshoreVoluntary aided school4 to 11150Good (overall), May 202481% met KS2 standard
Tonacliffe Primary SchoolCommunity school3 to 11294Good (overall), July 202461% met KS2 standard
Water Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11116Good (overall), July 202336% met KS2 standard
Waterfoot Primary SchoolCommunity school5 to 11296School remains Good, December 202273% met KS2 standard

Secondary (6)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS4 2025/26)
Alder Grange SchoolCommunity school11 to 18899Report card, March 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 39.1
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter11 to 16504Requires improvement (overall), April 2024Attainment 8: 42.6
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolAcademy converter11 to 181,087Report card, June 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 75.5
Haslingden High School and Sixth FormCommunity school11 to 181,540Report card, June 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 45.3
The Valley Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16578Report card, April 2026: safeguarding metAttainment 8: 34.3
Whitworth Community High SchoolCommunity school11 to 16654School remains Good, March 2023Attainment 8: 47.4

Special (6)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Belmont SchoolOther independent special school5 to 18139No outcome in Ofsted's file
Maple House SchoolOther independent special school6 to 143No outcome in Ofsted's file
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special SchoolCommunity special school5 to 11116Outstanding (overall), May 2024
Rossendale SchoolOther independent special school7 to 1991No outcome in Ofsted's file
Tor View SchoolAcademy special converter3 to 19281Standards maintained, February 2025
Valley CollegeSpecial post 16 institution19 to 25No outcome in Ofsted's file

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.