Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School
Primary schoolRawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School is a primary school in Rossendale, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 109 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 2024/25, 32% of pupils at Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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- Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special SchoolSpecial. Outstanding (overall), May 20241 km
- Belmont SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, RawtenstallPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- St Mary's CofE Primary School RawtenstallPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Valley CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Rossendale
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).