Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School
Special schoolRawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School is a special school in Rossendale, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 116 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 May 2024
- 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 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special 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 | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
- Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional)230 m
- Belmont SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file350 m
- Maple House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file780 m
- Tor View SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, February 2025950 m
- Valley CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file990 m
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, HaslingdenPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
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).