Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Secondary schoolClitheroe Royal Grammar School is a secondary school in Ribble Valley, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,496 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), November 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 22 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School was 70.8, against 48.7 in Ribble Valley and 46.2 in England.
98.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Ribble Valley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 70.8 | 48.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98.6% | 49.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 69% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 147 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Clitheroe Pendle Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)250 m
- Clitheroe Brookside Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed540 m
- Ribblesdale Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, March 2025740 m
- Moorland School LimitedIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file840 m
- Ribblesdale SchoolAll-through. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.9 (2025/26, provisional)880 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Ribble Valley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).