Ribblesdale School
All-through schoolRibblesdale School is a all-through school in Ribble Valley, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 1,437 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 Ribblesdale School was 41.9, against 48.7 in Ribble Valley and 46.2 in England.
39.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 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 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Ribble Valley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.9 | 48.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39.7% | 49.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.6% | 69% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 277 | – | – |
- 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.
- 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- Ribblesdale Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, March 2025140 m
- St James' Church of England Primary School, ClitheroePrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed380 m
- Clitheroe Brookside Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- Clitheroe Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 70.8 (2025/26, provisional)880 m
- Edisford Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
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).